The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
There is time for everything.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
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.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
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.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Don't water your weeds.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
You can do what you want to do.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
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.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
The past does not equal the future.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.