Janet Erskine Stuart
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
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.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
You create your reality.
You complete me.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
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Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Without love our life is a, ship without a rudder, like a body without a soul.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Reach for the stars.
Love is the whole and more than all.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
The doctor should be opaque to his patients, and like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
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The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Do it now !
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Great men are not always wise.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.