If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing — the result

I believe in the power of books. They’re like a portable life.

I’ve discovered that if you keep knocking long enough, someone will eventually let you in

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. His opinions are determined not by his reason — ‘the bulk of mankind’ says Swift ‘is as well qualified for flying as for thinking’ — but by his passions; and the faintest of all human passions is the love of truth. He believes that the text of ancient authors is generally sound, not because he has acquainted himself with the elements of the problem, but because he would feel uncomfortable if he did not believe it; just as he believes, on the same cogent evidence, that he is a fine fellow, and that he will rise again from the dead.

My inclination to go by the Air Express is confirmed by the crash they had yesterday, which will make them more careful in the immediate future.

They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,
The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.

Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover;
Breath’s a ware that will not keep.
Up, lad: when the journey’s over
There’ll be time enough to sleep.

To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.

To share my experience I would just like to say that life at my age will just seem more or less just like a long march which will be like going to and from the lavatory.

Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.

When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.

There is no tragedy so utter that a Belgian, with the best will in the world, can’t make worse

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

If you will it, it is no dream; and if you do not will it, a dream it is and a dream it will stay.

Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.

The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned.The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned.

Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.

At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.

The world will be saved by beauty.

Paradise is hidden in each one of use, it is concealed within me too, right now, and if I wish, it will come for me in reality, tomorrow even, and for the rest of my life.

If you love all things, you will also attain the divine mystery that is in all things. For then your ability to perceive the truth will grow every day, and your mind will open itself to an all-embracing love

Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.

To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

You got mud on your face, you big disgrace

Kicking your can all over the place, singin’

We will, we will rock you

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it

What will I be doing in twenty years’ time? I’ll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend

It certainly was not my intention to make you suffer, yet i have done so; obviously it never will be my intention to make you suffer, yet I shall always do so.

Do you know, darling? When you became involved with others you quite possibly stepped down a level or two, but If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.

All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart

This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.

Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of another world war will remain as a constant threat to mankind.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting

So, if music is the best, what is music? Anything can be music, but it doesn’t become music until someone wills it to be music, and the audience listening to it decides to perceive it as music

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.

My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose it’s jplace

I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world

They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.

Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.

We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy?

After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the heights of despair, in the supreme hour of revelation, you will find that the only answer, the only reality, is silence.

When every man has realized that his birth is a defeat, existence, endurable at last, will seem like the day after a surrender, like the relief and the repose of the conquered.

However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice.

It is because we are all impostors that we endure each other. The man who does not consent to lie will see the earth shrink under his feet: we are biologically obliged to the false

How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the unconscious and pleasant naiveté of others.

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

Every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer

Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait…

I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Never explain? Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

Never explain?your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

I get lost under these lights I get lost in the words I say Start believing my own lies Like everything will be okay

I will never make a promise that I can’t keep I promise that your smile ain’t gon’ never leave

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming

If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.

I will never reject an autograph, hug or photo. I was also a fan of football.

I’m aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.

Don Alfredo leaves us, but his memory will last forever in our hearts. Legends never die. Thanks for everything Maestro.

The great thing about him, is that he will not quit.

The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.

I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.

The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.

Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God

There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we may always know it!

There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.

I will cross that bridge when it comes. I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm. I am into it in a big way, and I am good at it, and I am going to get very, very rich and then I will get out and we will see what comes after that.

I’m definitely on the pursuit of perfection…I will always be learning.

Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.

Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself… Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it’s drawn from its sheath

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

It is said that the truth will make you free. The truth alone will not. It must be combined with facts and other astute bargaining devices

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

A goal will set your process of achievement in the right direction.

I see a thousand varieties of fruits, but none do I know the name of. I will carry them to home.

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

I will always dream and will never stop until I am dead.

Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace

Touch my children and I will eat your hands off your freakin arms.

If you’re a part of my family, I will love you violently.

Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.

I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.

Tomorrow, the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life.

The hate of men will pass, dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

We might preach till our tongues rotted, till we should exhaust our lungs and die, but never a soul would be converted unless there were mysterious power going with it – the Holy Ghost changing the will of man.

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

Prayer will make you leave off sinning, or sinning will make you leave off praying.

When we grow old our God will still be the I AM, abiding evermore the same. Hoar hairs tell of our decay, but He decayeth not. When we cannot carry a burden and can hardly carry ourselves, the LORD will carry us.

As sure as God puts His children in the furnace of affliction, He will be with them in it.

God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours.

No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.

Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in endless self deceptions. If he possesses a grain of wisdom, he will lay down his arms and name the unknown by the more unknown—ignotum per ignotius—that is by the name of God.

As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth

Words are animals, alive with a will of their own.

Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you

The wrong we have done, thought, or intended will wreak its vengeance on our souls

Often, the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

We no longer live on what we have, but on promises; no longer in the present day, but in the darkness of the future, which we expect will at last bring the proper sunrise

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you

Nobody will ever forget what I’ve accomplished

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing.

Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

When You Cease To Exist, Then Who Will You Blame?

You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that’s designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win