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Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
If You Hang Around with a Bunch of Blunderers Long Enough, you Will Become One Yourself.
Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.
If the sign on your heart says "WELCOME", the love will come pouring in from everywhere.
Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.
Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years.
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
What you should want from life is an arena big enough to express your talents and gifts.
Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're having a good day.
Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can't be done.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.
I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life.
Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.
The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.
There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!
O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.
You want to go easy on the suicide stuff - first thing you know, you'll ruin your health.
Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
Just one great idea can change your life dramatically. Look for it. It's there somewhere!
If you hold on to the negative, there is no room for the positive to come into your life.
Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.