I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident
Humor Quotes
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.
The root of suffering is attachment.
It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Fans don't boo nobodies.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.
It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
The years teach much which the days never know.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
— Laozi
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
They can do all because they think they can.
— Virgil
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Once you label me you negate me.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
To change one's life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.
I think and that is all that I am.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Genuine love should first be directed at oneself; if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is the heart of a victor.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
— Plato
Go to your bosom: Knock there and ask your heart what it doth know.
His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply!
A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
— Jim Rohn
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches but reveal to them their own.
Just as much as we see in others, we have in ourselves.
By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Never find fault with the absent.
Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.
Technology… the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
If a man does his best, what else is there?
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
To hell with circumstances, I create opportunities.
All serious daring starts from within.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
— Plutarch
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
If you wish to be a writer, write.
To follow, without halt, one aim: There is the secret of success.