Mary Parrish
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
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Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
For Love is Immortality.
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I find it too confining.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
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.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Well, nobody's perfect.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, the excitement, and the mystery of the world we live in.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
If you build it, he will come.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Kid, the next time I say, Let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Wouldja do me a favor, Harry ? Drop dead !
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
Don't fear, just live right.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never say more than is necessary.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
They call me Mister Tibbs !
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.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Be the best that you can be.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
I have spread my dreams under your feet , Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Love is all there is.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go ?
Where's the rest of me ?
Love is the whole and more than all.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
I am big ! It's the pictures that got small.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.