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Bacon, Francis
We cannot too often think, that there is a never sleeping eye that reads the heart, and registers our thoughts.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still, for age will not be denied.
Bailey
Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
Baldrige
Learn how to pay compliments. Start with the members of your family, and you will find it will become easier later in life to compliment others. It's a great asset.
Balfour, Francis Maitland
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
Barnum, Phineas T.
(1810–1891), U.S. showman,
entrepreneur.
There’s
a sucker born every minute.
(attributed to)
Without promotion, something terrible happens—NOTHING!
Barrymore,
John
(1882-1942), actor
A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
Barton,
Bruce
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Baruch, Bernard M.
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
Beaton, Sir Cecil
(1904-1980), photographer and designer
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.
Beecher, Henry Ward
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
Beeraiker, Harriet
Striving
for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Bell, Alexander Graham
When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the on that has opened for us.
Bennis, Warren G.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Bentham, Jeremy
Think not that a man will so much as lift up his little finger on your behalf, unless he sees his advantage in it.
Bergman,
Ingrid
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Berman, Ron
If you have a job now, keep it until you find a better one—even if it's driving you crazy. Potential employers are much more likely to hire someone who's already working.
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923), actress
Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It
is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
No one can ever win anything if they’re not fully prepared to lose, because if they play too conservatively they caution themselves at all times. They never reach out and they never challenge themselves, because the fear of failing is too great. So they never stretch, they never try, they never make the effort that it takes to really become successful because they can’t stand the defeat.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, (1769-1821)
If you start to take Vienna—take Vienna.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Borroughs, John
One may write from the outside of his mind, as it were; write and write, learnedly and eloquently, and make no impression; but when he speaks from real insight and conviction of his own, men are always glad to hear him, whether they agree with him or not. Get down to your real self . . . and let that speak. One's real self is always vital, and gives the impression of vitality.
Botwin, Carol
Pick a man for his human qualities, his values, his compatibility with you, rather than what he represents in status, power, or good looks.
Boulding, Kenneth Ewart (1910-1993),
economist and writer
Nothing fails like success because we don’t learn from it. We learn only from failure.
Bourget, Paul (1852–1935), French novelist.
One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking
the way one has lived.
- Le
Démon de Midi, “Conclusion” (1914).
Boutros-Ghali, Boutro, Secretary General
of the United Nations s
Ever since my youth I have been inspired whenever I contemplate the Nile, the river-god my ancestors worshipped. The Nile flows on indifferent to mere events. It carries a message from the heart of Africa, our common home. It brings life to all who live near its banks. It contributes its water to the Mediterranean and the great civilizations which surround its shores. And ultimately it flows and merges with all the world’s oceans which link every continent and all people of our planet. To me, it is a constant reminder of our common humanity.
Boyden, Helen, educator
There are few concepts so difficult that they do not yield to the repeated attack of the ordinary mind.
Bradley, Bill, Former U.S. Senator
The business of leaders, of heroes, is tricky. Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
"When
you’re not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere is practicing and when you
two meet, given roughly equal ability, he’ll win.” I never wanted to lose because I hadn’t made the effort.
So, it has been a lifetime of work, work, work—which is, as Conrad
said, “the sustaining illusion of an independent existence.”
Brande, Dorothea, Writer
The key to success is to determine your goal and then act as if it were impossible to fail—and it shall be!
Branden, Nathaniel,
psychologist and
writer
The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and self-respect everywhere except within themselves, and so they fail in their search.
Be sure to get enough sleep and rest, since fatigue can reduce your ability to cope with stress. Eat regular, well-balanced meals with enough variety to assure good nutrition and enough complex carbohydrates (starchy foods) to guarantee a ready energy reserve. Reverse the typical American meal pattern and instead eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper. . . . Revitalize through exercise. . . . Exercise enhances, rather than saps you energy; it also has a distinct relaxing effect.
Brooks, Phillips
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
Brown, Helen Gurley
Sex is one of the three best things there are, and I don’t know what the other two are.
Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
Bryant, Paul Bear
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first—ahead of personal glory.
On the three types of individual who play the game: "First, there are those who are winners and know they are winners. Then there are losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game
Bryan,
William Jennings
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Buck, Pearl S.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Budda
Hatred is not diminished by hatred at any time. Hatred is diminished by love. This is an eternal law.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Bullis, Harry
Harry Bullis, former chairman of the board of General Mills, used to give
his salespeople the following advice: “Forget about the sales you hope to
make and concentrate on the service you want to render.”
The
moment people’s attention is centered on service to others, they become more
dynamic, more forceful, and harder to resist.
How
can you resist someone who is trying to help you solve a problem?
“I tell our salespeople,” said
Bullis, “that if they would start out each morning with the thought, ‘I want
to help as many people as possible today,’ instead of ‘I want to make as
many sales as possible today,’ they would find a more easy and open approach
to their buyers and they would make more sales.
“the person who goes out to help
people to a happier and easier way of life is exercising the highest type of
salesmanship.”
- Bits and Pieces
Burke, Edmund
Your
representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays
instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Burleight, William Cecil
Win hearts, and you have all men's hands and purses.
Burnham, Daniel H.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood....Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.
Burns, George
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
Burr, Raymond,
(1917-1993)
Try to live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs.
Burroughs, John
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
Butler
You will not be discouraged if the world does not rush to you, demanding what you have. . . . Neither will you quietly sit down to let the world wonder and then seek you; but you will be aggressive; you will carry your truths to people and cause them to see them so clearly that they must accept them.
Butler, Samuel
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Butterworth, Eric, clergyman
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Bhutto, Benazir, Prime Minister of
Pakistan
Life
is a constant struggle. It is the
story of how each person copes with the difficulties and challenges which arise.
It is important to work hard, have faith, patience, and persevere in
overcoming odds. It is important to
build relationships on the principles of love, loyalty, and honor.
Life, for me, is about giving. If
by one small act I can make someone happy, it brightens up my day.
- The Most Important Thing I Know, Lorne A. Adrain
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