"SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND!"
"If we have God in all things while they are ours, we shall have all things in God when they are taken away."
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out you still care for that person. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back. Don't expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts. But... if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.
To love and win is the best thing in the world. To love and lose is the second best one.
A manager does the thing right. A leader does the right thing.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job.
Never cut what can be untied.
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
People are not the best because they work hard, they work hard because they are the best.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.
If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either.
The hardest work in the world is that which should have been done yesterday.
"If you don't have the time to do it right, where do you think you're going to find the time to do it over?"
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
To dream of a person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
He who sweats more in peace, bleeds less in war.
Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation bangs on your door for years.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.
Be careful of the words you say, to keep them soft & sweet.
You never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment.
Words hurt more than swords.
Don't bite off more than you can chew
Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.
Time is like the snowflake that on your finger lit. It disappeared while you were thinking of what to do with it...
A word to the wise is... unnecessary.
"I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are details."
Do not judge your friend until you stand in his place.
From the moment you set your sights on a goal and start to take action, you begin to reap its rewards. The actual attainment is only the final award. There are many more along the way.
"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
The search for perfection begins with detecting imperfection.
Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.
The distance between success and failure can only be measured by one's desire.
Originality is the art of concealing your sources.
An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.
Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.
We may raise and fall but at the end we meet our fate together.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
Sometimes it has to get really dark to be able to see the stars.
There are no strangers, only friends we have yet to meet.
A smile is a curve that can set a lot of things straight.
It is nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
If you think you have no faults, that makes one.
Learn from the mistakes of others... you can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
Success is more likely when you strive to deserve it than when you strive to achieve it.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Government is like gravity, it doesn't matter whether you believe in it or not, accept it
The Essence of Survival:
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed...
Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle
...when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, while others wonder what has happened...
Be ready for changes. A bend in the road, is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
The greatest ability is dependability.
Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.
The harder you work the luckier you get.
You never get a second chance to make the first impression.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
The shortest pencil is better than the longest memory.
The words you say are the bricks you lay for the road you will walk on tomorrow.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
The roots grow deep when the winds blow strong.
People who mind don't matter, and people who matter won't mind.
Happiness is not having what one wants, but wanting what one has.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Attitude determines altitude.
Countless, unseen details are often the only difference between mediocre and magnificent.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
You become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.
Many times the difference between failure and success is doing something nearly right... or doing it exactly right.
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.
Life is a team sport. Sometimes you give, and sometimes you get.
Tough times don't last but tough people do.
The one thing worse than a quitter is the person who is afraid to begin.
You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.
To think too long about doing something often becomes its undoing.
You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Marriage is like any other job - it's much easier if you like the boss.
Never wrestle with a pig - you both get dirty and the pig enjoys it.
Behind every great idea is someone saying "it won't work".
Out of the mouth of babes come things parents never should have said.
If at first you do succeed, hide your astonishment.
Act like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the dickens underneath!
Do the dreaded job first, so you'll have the rest of the day to look forward to.
During the difficult times in life, remember, this too shall pass.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it.
-Miller's law
You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Imitation is the most serious form of flattery.
Sin will take you further than you wanted to go, Keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and Cost you more than you were willing to pay.
To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, it's his fault;
It's the little things that make up the richest part of the tapestry of our lives.
If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
God gives every bird it's food, but he does not throw it into it's nest.
He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.
"Knowledge becomes wisdom, only after it has been put to practical use."
"Excellence is never an accident."
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up.
"The quickest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks."
"Work is the price you pay for money."
"Every job is the self portrait of the person who did it."
"Ideas are funny things – they do not work unless you do."
There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that its easy.
"The one who says it can’t be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."
"If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten."
"Always remember that the best things in life aren’t things."
"The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there."
"What the caterpillar calls ‘the end’… the butterfly calls the beginning.’"
"Reach for the possible… not just the expected."
"You are young at any age… if you’re planning for tomorrow."
"Fame is a vapor,
Popularity is an accident,
Riches take wings.
Only one thing endures…
CHARACTER."
"We are paid the best for the things we do for nothing."
"He who makes a mistake and fails to correct it… makes another."
"He who criticizes is seldom forgiven. He who encourages is seldom forgotten."
"If you try to improve another person by setting a good example… then you are really improving two people."
"Improvement begins with I."
"If you don’t have time to do it right… when will you have time to do it over?"
"There is no right way to do the wrong thing."
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get."
"Success comes in cans… failure comes in can’ts."
"An optimist is one who takes the cold water thrown on his idea… heats it with enthusiasm… and uses the steam to push ahead."
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on… after others have let go."
"Those who don’t find time for exercise will have to find time for illness."
" If you have something you love, you have something that can cause you pain. Therefore love nothing and you can not feel pain. Then again, sometimes, once in a while, love can be so strong and good that it allows one to transcend all pain."
" Love is the lubricant of life. "
" When life throws you a hurricane... make sure you are not in the eye before you relax."
" The greatest feeling a person can have is: knowing they have helped someone else feel the greatest feeling they can have. "
The Almighty moves mountains but don't forget to bring your shovel. " He who can not believe in things greater than he sees, can not grow. "
" Anybody is thought of as wise, if (s)he is intelligent in the way considered important by the observer."
" People fear what they do not know, and rightly so. It's not curiosity that killed the cat, but lack of cautiousness."
Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.
If you're not a liberal when you're twenty, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative when you're forty, you have no brain.
"Adulthood is reached when one has knowledge and responsibility."
"To find success do two things: prepare for the worst and make the best of every situation."
"Life is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, and the lesson afterward."
"There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it."
"Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire."
"To let a fool kiss you is stupid, to let a kiss fool you is worse."
"We must accept the truth, even if it changes out point of view."
"The saddest moment of a person's life comes but once."
"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather, because it's safer to pick on rich women than biker gangs."
"Procrastinate later."
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of meeting the schedule has been forgotten."
"The person who knows how will always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss."
"Its not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."
"If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
"Maturity does not come with age but with the acceptance of responsibility."
"Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else."
"Anything free is worth what you pay for it."
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
"Wisdom has two parts: having a lot to say, and knowing when not to say it."
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they were your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find time.
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.
Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way.
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift: that's why we call it The Present.
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
- Clarke's First Law.
"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
- Clarke's Second Law.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
- Clarke's Third Law.
