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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All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
I have spread my dreams under your feet , Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
My life is my message.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Flowing blood is proof that you're alive, if it's for the sake of those you love
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Love is a great beautifier.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
It is always your next move.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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.
Ability is sexless.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
If they move, kill ' em.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Never, never, never give up.
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.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Be the ball.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness, this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joy and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
You become what you think about.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Love is not blind. It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Who's on first.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
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.