Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Kind words conquer.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
May you live all the days of your life.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Things do not change we change.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
It's always too soon to quit !
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
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.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
The sun will come up tomorrow
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.