King Solomon
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
What hump ?
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Sanctuary !
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Change comes from within.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
You become what you think about.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
Carpe diem.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me the Bar Nothing.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
You create your reality.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
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.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Live your life and forget your age.
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.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
It's always too soon to quit !
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.