The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
I keep six honest serving men.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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