John Wicker
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
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Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
If you love someone, set them free.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
I love you - those three words have my life in them.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Who's on first.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Follow the money.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Love is a great beautifier.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
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.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
True love never lives happily ever after. True love has no ending.
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.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe Ive even loved you before I saw you.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
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.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Death is something not only mysterious but a great act of purgation. That which continues in a repetitive pattern is degeneration. The pattern may vary according to country, according to climate, according to circumstance, but it is a pattern. Moving in any pattern brings about a continuity and that continuity is part of the degenerating process of man. When there is an ending of continuity, something new can take place. One can understand it instantly if one has understood the whole movement of thought, of fear, hate, love - then one can grasp the significance, instantly, of what death is.
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.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Do you like scary movies ?
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
The loving are the daring.
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.