Thomas Moore
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
We go together, Laurie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.
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
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
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.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
He who has hope has everything.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Do what you love and the money will follow
Here's looking at you, kid.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
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.
For with god all things are possible.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Can you dig it ?
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.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Love those who love you.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Hope springs eternal.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
I love you, I am at rest with you, I have come home.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
How do you live ?
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.