Rosalind Russell
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
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Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
It's hard to believe that you haven't had sex for two hundred years.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
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.'
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
I'll have what she's having.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Lust is what makes you keep wanting it, even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Okay, but I get to be on top.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Mr. Christian !
Love is a verb.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Changes in life are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
How can you tell the difference between a run-over snake and a run-over lawyer? There are skid marks in front of the snake.
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed. Our love to others, and others love to us.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
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
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Kind words conquer.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
You're tearing me apart !
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
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.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
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.
Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.