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!
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
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.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
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.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
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.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.