Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimityCarl Jung (1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist)
Everybody is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure
Anthony Eden, British Premier Minister, June 17th 1956
Seek first to understand and then to be understood
Stephen R. Covey
The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength
Billy Graham
Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial
H. Ross Perot, (1930-, American Businessman & Politician)
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
William Penn
The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger
William Shakespeare
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen
Lee Iacocca
The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort
Confucius
Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes
Herbert Agar
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one
Mark Twain
Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool
Og Mandino
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
Milton Berle
Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know it just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers
Richard Bach
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self
Aldous Huxley
Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person - not only changed, but for the better
Arthur Gordon
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things
Denis Diderot
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger
Friedrich Nietzsche
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems
Rene Descartes
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you
Henry Ward Beecher
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom
George S. Patton
A minute's success pays the failure of years
Robert Browning
Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person - not only changed, but for the better
Arthur Gordon
Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain
Joseph Campbell
And as I know that God is found more often in the lowliest of His creatures than the high and mighty, I am struggling to reach the status of these
Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi
Life is a festival only to the wise. Every man is a divinity in disguise, a God playing the fool
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1841), "Heroism"
I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man
John Steinbeck, Saturday Review, 1968
Genius is 1 % inspiration and 99 % perspiration
Thomas Edison
The truth is what is, not what should be. What should be is a dirty lie
Lenny Bruce
The real mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, it is a reality to be experienced
J.J. Van der Leeuw
People do not want to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant
Helen Keller
(An arch is) two weaknesses which together make a strength
Leonardo da Vinci
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve
Aristotle
I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship
Louisa May Alcott
Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying
Frank Burford
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself
Soren Kierkegaard
One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try
Sophocles, BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet
We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams
Jesse Jackson
You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures
Charles C. Noble
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle
Albert Einstein
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success
George M. Adams
Hold on to your dreams for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly
Langston Hughes
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!
Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is only one success - To be able to spend your life in your own way
Christopher Morley
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -- their choice
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality
Abraham Lincoln
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear
Francis Bacon
Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying
Frank Burford
I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship
Louisa May Alcott
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in reaching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny
Carl Schurz
Should you shield the valleys from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their canyons
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer
Albert Einstein
Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God
Leo Buscaglia
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go
T. S. Eliot
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through
Zig Ziglar
There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people
Jan Ashford
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty
Winston Churchill
I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile
Walter Chrysler
The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
David Russell
Sak og person er to sider av samme sak
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