Henry Kaiser
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
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Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Love is all there is.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Oh, it was nobody's fault but my own. I was looking up. It was the nearest thing to heaven. You were there.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Here's looking at you, kid.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Love those who love you.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
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.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Non !
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
He who hesitates is lost !
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Death is something not only mysterious but a great act of purgation. That which continues in a repetitive pattern is degeneration. The pattern may vary according to country, according to climate, according to circumstance, but it is a pattern. Moving in any pattern brings about a continuity and that continuity is part of the degenerating process of man. When there is an ending of continuity, something new can take place. One can understand it instantly if one has understood the whole movement of thought, of fear, hate, love - then one can grasp the significance, instantly, of what death is.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
My heart shall be thy garden.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Love is the river of life in the world.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Ability is sexless.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
I ain't so tough.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.