Plato
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
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If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
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.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up ! You're right on track.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Success is a journey not a destination.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Sanctuary !
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
The best way out is always through.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Better late than never.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
Love is the only gold.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
You're tearing me apart !
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never Quit.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Strike while the iron is hot.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.