Icelandic Proverb
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
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If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
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The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
Attitude determines altitude.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The book you don't read cant help.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
I'm king of the world !
We'll always have Paris.
I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk !
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
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The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
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All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we can not live within.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
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As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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Never complain about what you permit.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it means to live. We don't know how to live, therefore we don't know how to die. As long as we are frightened of life we shall be frightened of death.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Snap out of it !
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
We're on a mission from God.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
My heart is ever at your service.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
The ready back gets all the loads.
No wire hangers, ever !
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
For with god all things are possible.