Matthew Prior
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
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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.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
It's showtime !
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Never spend your money before you have it.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Do not let the reasons for your challenges become the excuses for your failure.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Fill your hands, you son-of-a-bitch !
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Love is a moment that lasts forever.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
I ain't so tough.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Better late than never.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Be all you can be.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Forget about it.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Never complain about what you permit.
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.
Beware what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Know thyself.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
In love beggar and king are equal.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Love knows no bounds.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Believe in yourself.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.