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I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
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If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
What hump ?
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
True love can not be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
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.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda ?
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
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.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Believe in yourself.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we can not live within.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
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.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Know thyself.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.