Truman Capote
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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You know, Billy. We blew it.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
I'm king of the world !
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Union gives strength.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Say hello to my little friend !
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness, this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joy and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
I am not an animal ! I am a human being. I am a man.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Help me ! Help me !
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Love those who love you.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.