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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance. 
I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. 
Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. 
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. 
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. 
Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can get by with what is left. 
When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty 
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself 
Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end 
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it 
A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. 
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets 
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. 
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. 
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear 
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. 
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. 
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. 
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process. 
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. 
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. 
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top 
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. 
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. 
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. 
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. 
Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be. 
Social Media is about the people! Not about your business. Provide for the people and the people will provide for you. 
A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark. 
A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. 
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. 
A man who misses his opportunity, and monkey who misses his branch, cannot be saved. 
Great dancers aren't great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion 
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. 
The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude. 
You can give everything to photography but photography will give you only 1 thing - happiness 
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. 
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. 
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. 
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. 
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching. 
No one is less ready for tomorrow than the person who holds the most rigid beliefs about what tomorrow will contain. 
War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you. 
Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. 
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. 
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. 
