Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and
despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how
to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without
meanness.
If you only look at the past you have turned your back on
your future.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the
blind can see.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how
soon it will be too late.
What man does not understand, he fears & what he fears,
he destroys.
The one whose judgment counts most in you life is the one
looking back at you through the mirror.
Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without
debt.
If you only look at the past you have your back turned away
from your future.
The one whose judgment counts most in your life is the one
looking back at you through the mirror.
What most people need to learn in life is how to love people
& use things instead of using people & loving things.
What man doesn’t understand, he fears. What he fears he is
likely to destroy.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Life has no rehearsals, only performances.
Life is like a beautiful melody, only all the lyrics are out
of place.
Opportunity may knock only
once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth
if you lost all your money.
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for
bigger things.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we
wait so long to begin it.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of
your voice.
The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be
seen or even touched. They must be felt.
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he
is going.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but
hard to get out of. Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your
intentions.
You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled
egg.
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of
the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get,
it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.
If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing,
what joy can there be in life?
He who thinks by the inch & talks by the yard deserves
to be kicked by the foot.
Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.
The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit
of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.
Smile, It's the second best thing you can do with your
lips.
It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out; it's the
grain of s & in your shoe.
Sometimes the most urgent & vital thing you can do is
take a complete rest.
An Irishman is the only man in the world who will step over
the bodies of a dozen naked women to get to a bottle of stout.
You know you're getting old when it takes too much effort to
procrastinate.
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.
There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in
your own way.
