The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.
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The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.
A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.
If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action.
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.
I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Live in such a way, that if someone speaks badly of you no one would belive it. Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
"Face the brutes." That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
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