We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is:Try to please everybody. --Herbert Bayard Swope
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Hope is the dream of a man awake.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
----Swami Vivekananda
"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing." -- Phil Jackson, basketball coach
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
---Rabindranath Tagore
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
-----Rabindranath Tagore
"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." Savielly Tartakower, chess master
The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist
----Rabindranath Tagore
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
---Swami Vivekananda
If the truth were self evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.
Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived. -- Jean Luc Picard
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
--Rabindranath Tagore