Ira Quotes - Page 2

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

The voice of Mr Bush and the voice of Mr Blair can't decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall rule in Asia, who shall rule in Venezuela, who shall rule in Iran, who shall rule in Iraq.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.