Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
Be all you can be.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Don't ever give up.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
They are able because they think they are able.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
You must motivate yourself every day.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
You become what you think about.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Live with passion !
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
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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.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Live your dreams.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !