Jawaharlal Nehru
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Here's looking at you, kid.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
There's no place like home.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
The dingo took my baby !
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Love is a great beautifier.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
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.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Practice makes perfect.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Anything is possible.
Love is my religion, I could die for it.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Live your dreams.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
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.
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.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Love that is true never grows old.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
A lawyer dies and goes to hell. The devil says he'll make a deal with him. He can go to heaven if he gives up the souls of his wife and two kids. 'Sure' says the lawyer, 'but what's the catch ? '
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Love works in miracles every day, such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak , making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools , favoring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
Every cloud has a silver lining.