Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.
Nothing external to you has any power over you.
When it is dark enough, men see the stars.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Eyes...They speak all languages.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Be not the slave of your own past.
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going
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