The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
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.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
I light my candle from their torches.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
Live your life and forget your age.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
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 illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Better late than never.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
They can because they think they can.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
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.
Think and grow rich.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.