Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
To God, there is no zero. I still exist.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
They're called boobs, Ed.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Success is the child of audacity.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it means to live. We don't know how to live, therefore we don't know how to die. As long as we are frightened of life we shall be frightened of death.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
There is no education like adversity.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Love is something eternal.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
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.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
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 ?
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Love is the emblem of eternity, it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
And that's how you play "Get the Guests".
Give me a whisky, ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
We are all born for love, it is the principle existence and it's only end.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.