John Paul Jones
We have not yet begun to fight.
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Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
What is it you want, Mary ? What do you want ? You want the moon ? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Who so loves believes the impossible.
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.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
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.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
For Love is Immortality.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
I am not a toy, I was made for soups, salads, maybe chili, and then the trash. Freedom !
What's meant to be will always find a way
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness, this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joy and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The dingo took my baby !
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
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.
Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy an eternity of gorgeous moments.
Many hands make light work.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Love understands all languages.
If you build it, he will come.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Hey, lady !
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime.
But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart !
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
There's no crying in baseball !
You're as old as you behave.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Live with passion.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.