John Greenleaf Whittier
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute. This is not an intellectual paradox. To live completely, wholly, every day as if it were a new loveliness, there must be dying to everything of yesterday, otherwise you live mechanically, and a mechanical mind can never know what love is or what freedom is.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
In Heaven the economy is run by the Germans, the French do the cooking, and the police are English. In Hell the economy is run by the French, the English do the cooking, and the police are German.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.
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.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
The past does not equal the future.
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.
Find the good -- and praise it.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
You complete me.
What is life without the radiance of love.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
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.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
Success is never wondering what if.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
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
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
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.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Never say more than is necessary.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Do you like scary movies ?
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Love the giver more than the gift.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
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.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Hard work pays off.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Shut up and deal.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
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 ?
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
The heart that loves is always young.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
I know you are, but what am I ?
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.