Ikhide Oshoma
Love is a symbol of eternity that wipes away all sense of time, removing all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank... but the world may be a better place because I made a differ- ence in the life of a child.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Never say more than is necessary.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Love is something eternal.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
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.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
If you build it, he will come.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
My life is my message.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Can you dig it ?
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
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.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
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.
Anything is possible.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin ? Nor, even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. Man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress, and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
He who stops being better stops being good.
A simple I love you means more than money.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Well done is better than well said.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.