We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose
Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.
We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.
Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your personality. Without it, whatever abilities you may possess lie dormant; and it is safe to say that nearly every man has more latent power than he ever learns to use. You may have knowledge, sound judgment, good reasoning faculties; but no one-not even yourself-will know it until you discover how to put your heart into thought and action.
Well, in regards to surfing, I’ve learned that there is always another wave coming. Translated that means there is always tomorrow. No matter how badly you get caught inside, if you can just hang in there and keep paddling, the set is going to pass and there will be a lull afterwards. So don’t give up, just take your pounding, wait until the set passes, then make your move.
Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.
The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.
Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance.
We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.
It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.
And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
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