Samuel Beckett
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Be the ball.
You become what you think about.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Honesty is the best image.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Eddie, you're a born loser.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
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.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
What is it you want, Mary ? What do you want ? You want the moon ? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
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.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
No involvement, no commitment.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Success leaves clues.
They can because they think they can.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
We conceal it from ourselves in vain, we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man can not possibly live for a moment without it.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Bring out the gimp.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.