“One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.”
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“Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.”
“We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.”
“The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.”
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?”
“Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.”
“The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.”
“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”
“Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.”
“It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.”
“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.”
“And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.”
“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.”
“When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.”
“Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.”
“Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.”
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
“I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.”
“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.”
“Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.”
“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.”
“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.”