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Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
Service is what life is all about.
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
Being that can be understood is language.
The dreamers are the saviors of the world.
It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.
Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you
Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.
Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.
So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
We become what we think about all day long. The qustion is, "What do you think about?"
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
I'm interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that's what I want to do in life - in everything I do.
I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.
Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.
Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.
No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist.
I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.
