Isaac Bashevis
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
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Elementary, my dear Watson.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
They alone live, who live for others.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Till I loved, I never lived, enough.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
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.
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.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
You become what you think about.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
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 nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away , and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Love those who love you.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Let thy words be few.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Honor the ocean of love.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Lust is what makes you keep wanting it, even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.