Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
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The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
There is only one terminal dignity, love. And the story of a love is not important, what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
I am your father.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I see dead people.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Here's Johnny !
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
I think we deserve a break.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
You had me at "hello".
Live with passion !
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
You become what you think about.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Hi-Yo, Silver !
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 can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Love is perfect kindness
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Love is the universal thirst for a communion not merely of the senses, but of our whole nature.
Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
O my's like a red, red rose. That's newly sprung in June, O my's like the melodie. That's sweetly play'd in tune.
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.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
I'll be back.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
Don't think it, ink it.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.