Whatever you are be a good one.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Every human heart is human.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
You can do what you want to do.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
One man with courage is a majority.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Reach for the stars.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Things do not change we change.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.