In imagination, there's no limitation.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Let thy words be few.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
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 listener does not hear. quotes
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
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 !
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
They alone live, who live for others.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.