613 Followers 768 FollowingWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.
614 Followers 761 FollowingWhen I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
600 Followers 652 FollowingIt is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
606 Followers 700 FollowingWe call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
614 Followers 696 FollowingIsn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about It just makes me feel glad to be alive -- it's such an interesting world.
601 Followers 753 FollowingTo feel the right emotions is fully as important as to hold the right ideas, and the great service of religion is the development of the right emotions.
595 Followers 804 FollowingAlways aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
551 Followers 806 FollowingSee first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.
553 Followers 648 FollowingMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
575 Followers 678 FollowingI have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
631 Followers 775 FollowingIf I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
561 Followers 606 FollowingRhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.
582 Followers 707 FollowingProperly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
572 Followers 777 FollowingIf you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
620 Followers 768 FollowingEverybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. . . . Peace comes through hope.
581 Followers 639 FollowingAll government -- indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act -- is founded on compromise and barter.
628 Followers 758 FollowingThose who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
595 Followers 767 FollowingDrinking without being thirsty and making love at any time, Madame, are the only things that distinguish us from other animals.
596 Followers 702 FollowingI guess the hard thing for a lot of people to accept is why God would allow me to go running through their yards, yelling and spinning around.
612 Followers 764 FollowingBe as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
446K Followers 2K FollowingJust happy to be alive. ✝️🏳️🌈 Coach. Uncle. Sober. My friends call me Buck. My purpose is to be an example of joy and possibility. Daily Vids on Insta.
613 Followers 768 FollowingWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.
590 Followers 758 FollowingSir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.