Smiley Blanton
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
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If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
You really can change the world if you care enough.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
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.
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 ?
To know me is to love me.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
Don't ever give up.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
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.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Love is not only something you feel. It's something you do.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Action is the antidote to despair.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
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.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
They're here !
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go ?
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.