In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
It ain't over till it's over.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
There are no gains without pains.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Many hands make light work.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
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.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
For with god all things are possible.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Success is a journey not a destination.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Strike while the iron is hot.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
No one became poor by giving alms.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Practice makes perfect.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.