"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. "

Roosevelt, Theodore | Uncategorised | 1 bookmarks

"Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."

Cervantes, Miguel De | Aid and Assistance | 3 bookmarks

"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within."

Cervantes, Miguel De | Enemies | 6 bookmarks

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired."

Kazantzakis, Nikos | Belief | 2 bookmarks

"For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von | Achievement | 7 bookmarks

"Death comes to all But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold."

Fabricius, George | Achievement | 4 bookmarks

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Williamson, Marianne | Fear | 10 bookmarks

"We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected."

Truman, Harry S | New World | 1 bookmarks

"It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences."

Truman, Harry S | Peace | 1 bookmarks

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Decisions | 12 bookmarks