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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
Failure is success in progress
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Women are the real reason we get up every day. I'm talking about real men. If there were no women, I would not even have to bathe, because why would I care? These are guys I'm hanging with. I wake up for a woman every day of my life to make it happen for her.
I never say "nagging". I think that "nagging" is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created.
The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.
You don't pay the price for success, you enjoy the benefits of success.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.
Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.
It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.
Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.
There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
All real success springs from that inward might which we exert upon society.
Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
Success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
When you are making a success of something, it's not work. It's a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world.
Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.
It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.
Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
There may come a day Which crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth, And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!
Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.
I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA, the Department of Homeland Security needs to admit that it has a crisis of bureaucratic complacency - lacking an overarching vision and coherent measures of success and failure.
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government.
If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.
Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.
Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.
Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.
People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.
Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
Whether I get on in the world is a question; but I certainly don't get on very well with the world.
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.
When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.
Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.
You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen.
Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it's not just the rich kids that learn about money.. it's all of us.
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.
Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.
Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.
Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, "That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible."
Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must come true, because inherent in having the desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.
Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.
Being in the moment means not being distracted by the melodrama and hysteria around you. Present-moment awareness allows solutions to emerge.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
You know you're a success when people tell you, “I like me best when I'm with you.”
Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.
