Success is the proper utilization of failure.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Be all you can be.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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.
You can do what you want to do.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
There is no education like adversity.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
He who stops being better stops being good.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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 ?
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Never complain about what you permit.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
The book you don't read cant help.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
Every human heart is human.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The world belongs to the energetic.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
He who hesitates is lost.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
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.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
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.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.