William Wordsworth
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts, of kindness and of love.
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
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If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
Think and grow rich.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
How do I look ?
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
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.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Reach for the stars.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Nobody puts baby in a corner.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
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 ?'
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Love is letting go of fear.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Love is the whole and more than all.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Learning is definitely not mere imitation or the ability to accumulate and conform to fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery and never a concluding one. In JKD we begin not by accumulation but by discovering the cause of our ignorance, and oftentimes this involves a shedding process. Truth will not come until we have come to understand personally the whole process of the working of our being. After all, ultimately, knowledge in martial art simply means self-knowledge, and JKD can become intelligible only in the vigorous and constant process of self-inquiry and self-discovery.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Life is the first gift, love is the second.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Our intentions create our reality.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
I ain't so tough.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
You sing-a high.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
Every dog has his day.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Real love stories never have endings.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
We rob banks.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.