We cant drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. Thats not leadership. Thats not going to happen.
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.
The world is a stage and we are all actors. Each actor plays a unique part and is responsible for their own actions. Responsibility means doing the right thing no matter how big or small the task may be. Each one of us has a special role to play in making the world a better place.
If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of ridicule.”
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of
bravery
Great people speak very little.
To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not use is to live in a contented way.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be someplace else.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
