A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
To know me is to love me.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
What the heart gives away is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
We belong dead.
Honor the ocean of love.
Please-baby-please-baby-please-baby-baby - baby. Please !
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
It is only when we die each day to all that is old that there can be the new.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
I know you are, but what am I ?
Success is a journey not a destination.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Don't water your weeds.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
You can do what you want to do.
It's never too late.
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Love understands all languages.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.