If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
One cannot & must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.
Time is a physician that heals every grief.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arm too full to embrace the present.
Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
Some degree of attention to detail must be exercised in reaching the goals u have set for yourself.
Try to guesstimate the amount of effort invested thus in ur relationship and calculate whether its worth it.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think about life, which helps us equilibrium.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.
Education is not preparation to life; education is life itself.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the sir. All I must do is find it, and copy it.
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left educate themselves.
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation…The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
Motivation will almost always beat more talent.
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Obstacles are those frightful things when you take your eyes off your goal.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
Footprints on the sands of time are not by sitting down.
The real contest is always between what you’ve done and what you’ve capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
To make our way, we must have time resolve, persistence, tenacity; we must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
None of the secrets of success will work unless you do.
What would you attempt to do if you would not fail.
If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Try not to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value.
We never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you didn’t try.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far we can go.
Dun beat around the bush. U’ll get more direct mean and explicit.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you make them feel.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.
A leader is one who see more than others see, who sees farther than others see, And who sees before others see.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies, for the hardest victory is victory over self.
Never let a problem to be solved becomes more important than a person to be loved.
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Happiness is giving back a little more than you received. Peace is accepting what has been offered with thanks.
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
Most look up and admire the stars. A champion climbs a mountain and grabs one.
They who would give up on essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.
The middle of every successful projects looks like a disaster.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Success is a journey, not a destination.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
Success is your dreams with work clothes on.
Genius is seldom recognized for what its is: a great capacity for hardwork.
The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched but are felt in the heart.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands times of challenge and controversy.
No person is your friends who demand your silence or denies your right to grow.
Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
He came to be with us. He died for our transgression. He is risen and conquer the grave. Let us not forget that He’ll be back to take us home… Happy Easter!
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.
The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Too many people overvalue what they are not & undervalue what they are.
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
Always tell the truth. That way, you don’t have to remember what you said.
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem; it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
Patriotism is you conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
There is a saying that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
During time of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
We make war that we may live in peace.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.
How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.
To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Study is it if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justices or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized unique.
It is a good thing for uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
You can lead a man up to the university, but you can’t make him think.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.
These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purpose.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Hate & force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you to sleep at night.
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the marrow than he is today.
Treat each contact with a human being as a rare, precious, and one should preserve it.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for example.
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Individual commitment to a group effort that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved & the rich need no protection; they have many friends & few enemies.
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save from thinking.
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justices or kindness in general. Actions is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Books are the carriers of civilization.Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
We make a living by what we get, but
we make a life by what we give.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century and the economy around.
Washing’s one hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
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