Karen Kaiser Clark
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Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Happiness is a state of activity.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
We rob banks.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
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.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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.
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.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people ?
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Roll with the punches.
It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
You're tearing me apart !
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Let thy words be few.
Don't quit.
When I first met you, I was afraid to talk to you. When I talked to you, I was afraid to kiss you. When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you. Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
You've got to ask yourself one question : Do I feel lucky ? Well, do ya, punk ?
A lawyer dies and goes to hell. The devil says he'll make a deal with him. He can go to heaven if he gives up the souls of his wife and two kids. 'Sure' says the lawyer, 'but what's the catch ? '
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
I think therefore I am
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
As physicians, we are invited into the most intimate chambers of our patients’ lives. We should acknowledge that unfettered trust with dignity, deference, and respect. For a physician, caring for patients is not only a duty; it is a privilege. Alleviating pain and restoring health for another human being can induce an exhilaration few others experience in their careers.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
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