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.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
No involvement, no commitment.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Whatever you are be a good one.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Follow your dreams.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Live life to the fullest.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
This is the beginning of a new day.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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 ?
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Procrastination is the thief of time.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
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.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
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.