Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Live with passion.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
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.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
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.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
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.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Carpe diem.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Attitude is everything.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
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.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Live life with passion.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Be all you can be.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.