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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.
As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.
Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.
I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists...it is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability, without regard to economic status.
Adoption has the dimension of connection - not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace. By adopting, we stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others.
Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.
Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.
Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.
In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.
When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
And there's no "I love you" message because Steve Ovett has married the girl
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only in His aspiration to the heights; When he attains his goal, he cools And longs for other distant flights.
Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.
I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
Beaten paths are for beaten men.
Learning is a lifetime process, but there comes a time when we must stop adding and start updating.
You can stay young as long as you learn.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
You can do anything, but not everything.
When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come
Beware the fury of a patient man.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.
We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game.
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well.
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.
Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.
No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.
Why aren't you signed up for the 401K? I'd never be able to run that far.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'
Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
What makes night within us may leave stars.
Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.
For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she were independent... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.
Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.
Wise elders will likely be those individuals who stay both mentally and physically vital throughout life.
Remember the emphasis on the heart. the mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.
Environment is stronger than will.
People come back from flights and tell you a story like it's a horror story. That's how bad they make it sound. They're like, 'It was the worst day of my life. We didn't board for 20 minutes and they made us sit there on the runway for 40 minutes.' Oh really? What happened next? Did you fly in the air, incredibly, like a bird? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight you non-contributing zero?'
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.
Words build bridges into unexplored regions.
Whining is anger through a small opening.
I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable - much like the weather!
It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They would be the artist. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need
Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way; wisdom is looking in both directions anyway.
Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
I thought of that while riding my bicycle.
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. The essential substance of every thought and feeling remains incommunicable, locked up in the impenetrable strong-room of the individual soul and body. Our life is a sentence of perpetual solitary confinement.
He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.
Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him.
