William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
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Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
We can only learn to love by loving.
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.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Snap out of it !
He who stops being better stops being good.
My heart shall be thy garden.
To infinity and beyond !
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
There is no education like adversity.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world.
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
All you need is love.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
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.
No pain, No gain.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
True love can not be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Bond. James Bond.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Whenever I think of the past it just brings back so many memories.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Love is a thing, well, it's kind of like quicksand. The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Mr. Christian !
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Gobble gobble, gobble gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us.
Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
The best things in life are free.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.