Poems List

Charles M. Schwab

There's no limit possible to

There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.

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Charles M. Schwab

A man who trims himself

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

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Charles M. Schwab

A man to carry on

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

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Charles M. Schwab

The first essential in a

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

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Charles M. Schwab

The man who has done

The man who has done his best has done everything.

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Charles M. Schwab

Personality is to a man

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.

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Leo Buscaglia

Time has no meaning in

Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance.

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Charles M. Schwab

The person who does not

The person who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life.

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Leo Buscaglia

Your talent is God's gift

Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.

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Leo Buscaglia

Change is the end result

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something.

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Leo Buscaglia

Love can never grow old.

Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.

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Leo Buscaglia

Life is uncharted territory. It

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

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Leo Buscaglia

Each of our acts makes

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

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Leo Buscaglia

If we wish to free

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

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Leo Buscaglia

The fact that I can

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

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Peter Ustinov

There is no question but

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners.

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Peter Ustinov

Sex is a conversation carried

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.

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Peter Ustinov

Unfortunately, the balance of nature

Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.

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Peter Ustinov

Parents are the bones on

Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

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Peter Ustinov

I do not believe that

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

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Peter Ustinov

The point of living, and

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

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Peter Ustinov

Once we are destined to

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

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Peter Ustinov

A diplomat these days in

A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

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Thomas Szasz

Doubt is to certainty as

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.

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