William Lowe Bryan
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
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Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Begin with the end in mind.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Love is all there is.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Real love stories never have endings.
I like to watch.
The past does not equal the future.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
Snakes ! Why did it have to be snakes ?
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
Think and grow rich.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
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.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Who's on first.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Happiness is a choice.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Every cloud has a silver lining.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
It is always your next move.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
It's like, I became such a good person, I almost forgot... I'm a world class liar, baby !
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Every truth has four corners, as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.