It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Never spend your money before you have it.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
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.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The best way out is always through.
May you live all the days of your life.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
The show must go on.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
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.
You only get out what you put in.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
You become what you think about.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
No pain, No gain.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
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.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.