Robert Browning
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
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The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Where's the rest of me ?
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
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.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion. I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more. I could be martyr'd for my religion. Love is my religion. And I could die for that. I could die for you.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Sometimes you gotta say, What the fuck.
They are able because they think they are able.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
We are stripped of every attribute of freedom and eligibility for legal self defence. Our property may be plundered before our eyes, violence may be committed on our persons, even our lives may be taken away, and there is none to regard our complaints. We are denationalized; we are disfranchised.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
Be all you can be.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
This isn't a dream ! This is really happening !
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Always do the right thing.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
There is only one terminal dignity, love. And the story of a love is not important, what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy an eternity of gorgeous moments.
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.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Would you like to play a game ?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
You've got to ask yourself one question : Do I feel lucky ? Well, do ya, punk ?
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
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.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
The heart does not respond to principles and programs, it seeks not efficiency, but passion.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore !
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
Love is friendship set on fire.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.