Thornton Wilder
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for god the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
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Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
True love is when your heart and your mind are saying the same thing.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
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.
Think about it, there must be higher love. Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above, without it, life is a wasted time. Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Success is a journey not a destination.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Nothing succeeds like success.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
You sing-a high.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Without love our life is a, ship without a rudder, like a body without a soul.
Happy wife, happy life.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Come out, come out, wherever you are !
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Love is not only something you feel. It's something you do.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Old love does not rust.
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.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.