John Gardner
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
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Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
I'm the ghost with the most, babe.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Our intentions create our reality.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
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.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
Old love does not rust.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
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.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hasta la vista, baby. :
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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.
I have a head for business and a bod for sin.
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
This too, shall pass.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Carpe diem.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Never say more than is necessary.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
What do you feel like doing tonight ?
Strike while the iron is hot.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
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.
We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.