Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
You're tearing me apart !
Lust is what makes you keep wanting it, even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Success is the child of audacity.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
I have spread my dreams under your feet , Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
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 have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
I'm king of the world !
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
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.
May you live all the days of your life.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
We must be the change we wish to see.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people ?
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
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.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
Love, two minds without a single thought.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
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.
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it can not be seen or measured - yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more than any material possession ever could.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
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.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
You had me at "hello".
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
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.
You only get out what you put in.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
Live with passion !
Love works in miracles every day, such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak , making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools , favoring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
I know that I will die laughing.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
They are able because they think they are able.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away.
The doctor should be opaque to his patients, and like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.