My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Live your dreams.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
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.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Love sees roses without thorns.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
You always succeed in producing a result.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
None are homely who smile.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
You're as old as you behave.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Keep the Faith.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Actions speak louder than words.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.