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.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Whatever you are be a good one.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Action is the antidote to despair.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
They can because they think they can.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Believe in yourself.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
It's never too late.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Ideas... they have the power
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Don't think it, ink it.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Life is what you make it.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?