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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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To reach a port, we must sail -
sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes
Men are not prisoners of fate,
but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men and women are not prisoners of fate,
but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement
and the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Competition has been shown to be useful
up to a certain point and no further,
but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today,
begins where competition leaves off.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile,
one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The school is the last expenditure upon which America
should be willing to economize.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish
there was less immaturity in political thinking.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Life is an adventure.
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
We have only this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie B. Ray
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart
Nothing in life is to be feared.
It is only to be understood.
- Marie Curie
One can not reflect in streaming water.
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Majority rule only works if you're also
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
- Anne Frank
We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
- Thornton Wilder
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one.
- John Lennon
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
You're only here for a short visit.
So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
- Walter Hagen
Miracles are the natural way of the Universe -
our only job is to move our doubting minds aside
and let the miracles flow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is awfully hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.
It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
You only live once -
but if you work it right, once is enough.
- Joe E. Lewis
You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)
God doesn't require us to succeed;
He only requires that you try.
- Mother Teresa
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal,
and then leap in the dark to our success.
- Henry David Thoreau
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
The essence of all religions is one.
Only their approaches are different.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
- The Buddha
Forgiveness is the only way to heal
- don Miguel Ruiz
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
Life only
appears to be
rushing toward us
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Courage is the art of being the only one
who knows you're scared to death.
- Earl Wilson
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
Could you risk believing that everything
will unfold just fine if you completely let go
of all concern about everything else,
and simply are here, now - if only for a moment?
- Dmitri Bilgere
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there
who will try to discourage you.
Don't listen to them.
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
If in our daily life we can smile,
if we can be peaceful and happy,
not only we, but everyone will profit from it.
This is the most basic kind of peace work.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
- Henry David Thoreau
Love is the only force capable of
transforming an enemy into friend.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow...
but only empties today of its strength.
- C. H. Spurgeon
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie
For some of us, the world appears to provide
only a fixed quantity of each resource -
a limited amount of food, of money,
of love, of success, of appreciation.
For others, life is unlimited.
Their world expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that they contribute.
In this world-view, money that is spent
or given away returns multiplied.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
- Winston Churchill
Know that miracles are the natural way of the Universe
Your only job is to move your doubting mind out of the way.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A man can do only what he can do.
But if he does that each day he can sleep at night
and do it again the next day.
- Albert Schweitzer
Friendship is born at that moment
when one person says to another,
"What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
- C. S. Lewis
The only place where your dream becomes impossible
is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
You don't get to choose how you're going to die,
only how you're going to live.
- Joan Baez
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
My only reason for not experiencing bliss at this very moment
is thinking about what I don't have.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game,
and no matter how great your natural talent,
there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
- Jack Nicklaus
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