John Heywood
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
We'll always have Paris.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
All mankind love a lover.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
I am your father.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Never Quit.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
For the first time in my life, people cheering for me. Were you deaf ? Didn't you hear 'em ? We're not hitchhiking any more. We're riding.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
To infinity and beyond !
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
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.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
My heart is ever at your service.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
We're on a mission from God.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia. To mistake an ordinary young man for a greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
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.
The best way out is always through.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.