We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.
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We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.
Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.
Don't follow trends, start trends.
You can't always control the wind, but you can control your sails.
Have faith in yourself; faith in the infinite
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
One of the difficulties in bringing about change in an organization is that you must do so through the persons who have been most successful in that organization, no matter how faulty the system or the organization is. To such persons, you see, it is the best of all possible organizations, because look who was selected by it ad look who succeeded most in it. Yet, these are the very people through whom we must bring about improvements.
There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.
Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.
The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.
Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well.
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon!
We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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