Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
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.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Let's roll.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Never Quit.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
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.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
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.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
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.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Don't ever give up.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
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.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Kind words conquer.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
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.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.