Plautus
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
No man is wise enough by himself.
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Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
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.
Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly ?
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Every human heart is human.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Oh, love is real enough, you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy and that is life.
Life is what you make it.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Live your dreams.
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.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Roll with the punches.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Appreciate me now, and avoid the rush.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Press forsake! Go ahead and press 'forsake now' !
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.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
Actions speak louder than words.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
These go to eleven.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
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Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
I saw and loved.