J.M. Barrie
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
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A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
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.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
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.
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
If you build it, he will come.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Immature love says, I love you because I need you. Mature love says, I need you because I love you.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
If thou must love me, let it be for nought, except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile, her look, her way of speaking gently, for a trick of thought that falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought a sense of pleasant ease on such a day. For these things in themselves, beloved, may be changed, or change for thee, and love so wrought, may be unwrought so.
In love beggar and king are equal.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Love is a great beautifier.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
After all, tomorrow is another day !
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole ! It's in the hole ! It's in the hole !
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
They're here !
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
Be the best that you can be.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
This was love at first sight, love everlasting, a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness, it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Be the ball.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
The greatest sign of a success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
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.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.