Henry Ward Beecher
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Young love is a flame , very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
Love is the river of life in the world.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
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If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
I think we deserve a break.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
With my brains and your looks, we could go places.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
All you need is love.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Seize the day.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
You're my Lassie come home.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
What the heart gives away is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait, but if he does not learn it, he must perish.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
You know, Billy. We blew it.