J.M. Power
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
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Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
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.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Love is smiling on the inside and out.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
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.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
I'm king of the world !
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
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 !
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
I know that I will die laughing.
All work is empty save when there is love.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away.
Love is something eternal.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
It's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone, when your heart still does.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
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.
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
No matter where you go, there you are.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.