Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do things, we can accomplish those goals.
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The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.
The exciting breakthrough of the 21st century will occur not because of technology, but an expanding of what it means to human. concept of what it means to be human.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.
The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.
Films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
The generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Anarchy, anarchy! Show me a greater evil! This is why cities tumble and the houses rain down, this is what scatters armies!
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one is useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.
The oldest, shortest words - “yes” and “no” - are those which require the most thought.
One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
