James Dean
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
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Marriage is a door which looks out upon a beautiful view. As that door is opened and the horizon unfolds before you, know that nothing is sweeter than the warmth of one hand within another.
Love is the history of a woman's life, it is an episode in man's.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
This is the true measure of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
You always succeed in producing a result.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Yo, Adrian !
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns !
Changes in life are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
Happiness is a state of mind.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
I saw and loved.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
To live is like to love, all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death !
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The illiterate of the century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Our intentions create our reality.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
You're tearing me apart !
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Remove failure as an option.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Love like you'll never be hurt.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
Practice makes perfect.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for god the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Sanctuary !
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.