Oscar Wilde
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Who, being loved, is poor ?
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
Be all you can be.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
The heart that loves is always young.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Congress is the only insane asylum that's run by the inmates.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Who, being loved, is poor ?
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
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.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
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.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
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.
Roll with the punches.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Don't think it, ink it.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Love, two minds without a single thought.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Change comes from within.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.