If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
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.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
My life is my message.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
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.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
The show must go on.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
This is the beginning of a new day.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Be who you are in every situation.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
They alone live, who live for others.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
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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."
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.