If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Hope Quotes
The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.
Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.
Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax.
No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel, are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Life is a progress, and not a station.
It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
You give before you get.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you seek truth, you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Do I speak at the right time, or not? Do I speak of facts, or not? Do I speak gently or harshly? Do I speak profitable words or not? Do I speak with a kindly heart, or inwardly malicious?
The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button.
In order to win, you must expect to win.
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?
If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
— Napoleon
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Ignorance never settles a question.
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning, and which permeates all heaven.
— Laozi
Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
— Ovid
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.
Do all things with love.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
The best thing in every noble dream is the dreamer...
Action is eloquence.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
— Laozi
Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgement.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there.
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
— Diogenes
I think somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
By nature, man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.