Jermaine Stewart
We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time
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My precious.
Don't ever give up.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
He who hesitates is lost !
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
May the Force be with you.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Would you like to play a game ?
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fortune favors the brave.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Well done is better than well said.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Love knows no bounds.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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.
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.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda ?
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
I am the captain of my soul.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Love is friendship set to music
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
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 !
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.