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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
Occasionally, you will be given the chance to be either intellectual or pleasant. Leave being intellectual to others.
Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void.
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
"Exercise" is such a dirty word in my household that whenever I even think of it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy.
This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror.
When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world
Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor.
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.
If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found!
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity.
In business, one of the challenges is making sure that your product is the easiest to experience and complete a sale.
Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.
Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.
I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.
In terms of changes, the spiritual mentors teach me that I must not forget those relating primarily to improve myself.
When we let go of believing we are superior, we open ourselves to the experience of living in the community of Nature.
Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.
Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.
People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.
I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.
If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.
The moving van is a symbol of more than our restlessness, it is the most conclusive evidence possible of our progress.
I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are. That's where us gay people come from - you heterosexuals.
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.
The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
Enlightenment will be now the beginning, not the end. Beginning of a non-ending process in all dimensions of richness.
It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.