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Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.
Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.
Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.
Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Don't follow the crowd. The crowd doesn't get there. They just run round and around in a crazy race. It never ends.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.
What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.
Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.
Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The one day you don't go into practice and use that day to the fullest is the one day someone is going to beat you.
Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.
In the world of Internet Customer Service, it's important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.
It's okay to be average, as long as you surround yourself with extraordinary people that you become the average of.
Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.
Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.
Try not to look sideways to see how others are viewing our lives but to look up to see how heavenly father sees us.
No matter who you are, where you've come from, what you've been through... You can make a difference in this world.
We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.
Grow up. Get a life. Life is pain. Anybody who tells you something other than that is trying to sell you something.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage.
It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.
You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.
Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.
There is a divine plan and there is a reason for this, and my choice is to create the most positive reaction I can.
Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.