Joe Clark
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
There's no place like home.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
It's good to be the king !
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Ability is sexless.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Can you dig it ?
The best proof of love is trust.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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."
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
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Open the pod bay doors,
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Love is a hole in the heart.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
She's my sister ! She's my daughter !
Love that is true never grows old.
A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank... but the world may be a better place because I made a differ- ence in the life of a child.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Always do the right thing.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.
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.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.