John Bulwer
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.
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Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
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.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, and they had years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce ? The cuckoo clock.
Love can be understood only from the inside, as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
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.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
There are no gains without pains.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Shut up and deal.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
There's no crying in baseball !
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
We are stripped of every attribute of freedom and eligibility for legal self defence. Our property may be plundered before our eyes, violence may be committed on our persons, even our lives may be taken away, and there is none to regard our complaints. We are denationalized; we are disfranchised.
Life is change ; growth is optional. Choose wisely.
You betcha !
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
True love is when your heart and your mind are saying the same thing.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
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.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
No one became poor by giving alms.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.