William Ernest Henley
I am the captain of my soul.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
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An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Seize the day.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
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 !
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
The road to success is always under construction.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Love the giver more than the gift.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.
You complete me.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
That love is all there is is all we know of love.
Somebody stop me !
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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.
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 ?
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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.
The show must go on.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
At ten years old I actually thought that the reason I was getting glasses was that I couldn't tell what my parents looked like, because every time I asked my mother to buy me something she'd say, 'What do I look like - a bank ?'
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
They say you were shot in the tabloids.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.