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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is
I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.
Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
If you can only be happy with other people - and not alone - you are not a very happy person
I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.
If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.
Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.
I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.
Awareness is a key ingredient in success. If you have it, teach it, if you lack it, seek it.
Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.
Action is the process whereby what is not fully formed passes into expressive consciousness.
If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. Frame your life with faith.
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
The world only gets better because people risk something to make it better. Thanks Egyptians
Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.