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Motivation Quotes
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.
Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, upon hearing which one attains peace.
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
— Ayn Rand
So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
Friendship is Love without his wings!
It always seems impossible until it's done.
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Only do what your heart tells you.
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.
Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.
I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.
If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
God always takes the simplest way.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.
We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
— Plato
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
I will prepare and someday my chance will come.
Commitment is an act, not a word.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoyed the process.
The simplest things are often the truest.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
The only journey is the one within.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
— Voltaire
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.