Henry J. Kaiser
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
I may not be perfect, but some parts of me are excellent.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
It's good to be the king !
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Old love does not rust.
But I would be proud.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
Give all to love.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Shut up and deal.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
You had me at "hello".
I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor it's coming with all my heart.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.