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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He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
True love can not be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
When I first met you, I was afraid to talk to you. When I talked to you, I was afraid to kiss you. When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you. Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Be who you are in every situation.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
One million dollars !
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
The heart that loves is always young.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Warriors, come out to play !
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Do you love me because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me ?
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
Come out, come out, wherever you are !
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Believe in yourself.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Time is the great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of it's students.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Whatever it takes !
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
Flowing blood is proof that you're alive, if it's for the sake of those you love
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Where's the rest of me ?
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe Ive even loved you before I saw you.