It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
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.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
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.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Be Here Now.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
May you live all the days of your life.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Slow but steady wins the race.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Let thy words be few.
Practice makes perfect.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Believe in yourself.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
Success leaves clues.
Actions speak louder than words.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.