924 quotes found
“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own f...”
“Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your crit...”
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
“Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.”
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
“You become what you think about all day long.”
“Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.”
“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you a...”
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
“I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today.”
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.”
“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
“Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.”
