William Edward Hickson
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
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We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Live life to the fullest.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
If you didn't know me, would you think I was a stranger ?
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Georgia, love is for the very young.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Love is perfect kindness
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
I'm an excellent driver.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Anything is possible.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
What ever you are be a good one.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people ?
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
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.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
It's hard to believe that you haven't had sex for two hundred years.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Forget about it.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, the excitement, and the mystery of the world we live in.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
Love is like war, easy to begin but hard to end.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Death is something not only mysterious but a great act of purgation. That which continues in a repetitive pattern is degeneration. The pattern may vary according to country, according to climate, according to circumstance, but it is a pattern. Moving in any pattern brings about a continuity and that continuity is part of the degenerating process of man. When there is an ending of continuity, something new can take place. One can understand it instantly if one has understood the whole movement of thought, of fear, hate, love - then one can grasp the significance, instantly, of what death is.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
Do you like scary movies ?
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
There is no education like adversity.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
The first duty of love is to listen.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Love is a verb.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Do you love me because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me ?
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.