
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.Kahlil Gibran
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Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.Kahlil Gibran

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Mahatma Gandhi

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

The best fighter is never angry.Lao Tzu

They say doing nothing is very difficult. You never know when you're finished.Hayao Miyazaki

The flow of the river is ceaseless, and its water is never the same.Kamo no Chōmei

Never, ever forget history.Sukarno

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.José Rizal

I have never been over-concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I am not a populist.Lee Kuan Yew

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.Germaine Greer

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.William Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth.William Shakespeare

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.Oscar Wilde

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.Charles Dickens

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.Alfred Tennyson

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.Astrid Lindgren

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.Martin Luther King Jr.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.Maya Angelou

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.Emily Dickinson

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.Emily Dickinson

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.Abraham Lincoln

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.Harriet Tubman

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.Audre Lorde

Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.Eduardo Galeano

Love is an action, never simply a feeling.bell hooks

Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that: it lights the whole sky.Hafez

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.Michel de Montaigne

I hope the exit is joyful — and I hope never to return.Frida Kahlo

I attribute my success to this — I never gave or took any excuse.Florence Nightingale

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.Jack Ma

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things pass away; God never changes.Teresa of Ávila

Thousands of desires, each worth dying for; many of them I have realized, yet never enough.Mirza Ghalib

Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it.Salvador Dalí

Learning never exhausts the mind.Leonardo da Vinci
Be the chief but never the lord.Lao Tzu
Never mistake activity for achievement.John Wooden
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.Napoleon Hill
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.Albert Einstein
The years teach much which the days never know.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.Confucius
Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.Robert Heller
You're never a loser until you quit trying.Mike Ditka
There never was a good knife made of bad steel.Benjamin Franklin
Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished.Luisa Sigea
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.Publilius Syrus
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Thomas Jefferson
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.Marie Curie
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.Man Ray
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.Helen Keller
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.Bruce Lee
Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.Benjamin Disraeli
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.Morris West
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.John Ruskin
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.W. Clement Stone
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.Sogyal Rinpoche
Patience is a virtue but you will never ever accomplish anything if you don't exercise action over patience.Byron Pulsifer
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.Donald Trump
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.Oscar Wilde
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.Washington Irving
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.Margaret Runbeck
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.James Barrie
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.Tryon Edwards
There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.Laurence J. Peter
If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.Jack Dixon
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.Michael Jordan
Give it all you've got because you never know if there's going to be a next time.Danielle Ingrum
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.Seneca
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
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.Richard Bach
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.Helen Keller
Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.Amelia Earhart
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.Rita Mae Brown
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.Leo Buscaglia
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.Confucius
Ignorance never settle a question.Benjamin Disraeli
Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have.Doris Mortman
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.Gautama Buddha
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.Gautama Buddha
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.Doris Mortman
Being angry never solves anything.Catherine Pulsifer
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.Mother Teresa
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does.Mary Almanac
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.Napoleon Hill
I never worry about action, but only inaction.Winston Churchill
Don't frown because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.Sinvyest Tan
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.Benjamin Disraeli
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.Gautama Buddha
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.John F. Kennedy
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.Dr. David M. Burns
A lot of people give up just before theyre about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.Chuck Norris
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.Confucius
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world any more. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.Albert Schweitzer
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.Cardinal Retz
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.Katherine Mansfield
Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.Victoria Holt
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.Abraham Lincoln
It is never too late. Even if you are going to die tomorrow, keep yourself straight and clear and be a happy human being today.Lama Yeshe
Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant.Stephen Sigmund
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.Frank Tyger
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.Norman Cousins
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.Voltaire
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.Albert Camus
Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.John Holmes
Never promise more than you can perform.Publilius Syrus
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.Nora Roberts
If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is the heart of a victor.Daisaku Ikeda
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.Alexander Pope
Never mistake motion for action.Ernest Hemingway
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.Richard Bach
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.Carl Sagan
The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.Denis Waitley
I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.Calvin Coolidge
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.Brian Tracy
Never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.Alexander Fleming
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you never can fly.Ivan Pavlov
Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air.Ivan Pavlov
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.Rudyard Kipling
I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want.Sylvia Plath
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.Hafiz
You will never tire, you will never stop, you will never turn back — take this oath, take this oath, take this oath! Agneepath! Agneepath! Agneepath!Harivansh Rai Bachchan
The boat never crosses if it fears the waves; those who keep trying never truly lose.Harivansh Rai Bachchan
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.Estee Lauder
I made mistakes and I paid for them, but the ball is never stained.Diego Maradona
I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been like that.Lionel Messi
I know what I can do, so I never doubt myself.Usain Bolt
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.Michael Phelps
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.Jackie Chan
Don't be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.Dwayne Johnson
I have never done a film for money. I have only done films when the story excited me.Aamir Khan
Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.Leonardo DiCaprio
I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.Marilyn Monroe
If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have gotten anywhere.Marilyn Monroe
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.Audrey Hepburn
I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.Audrey Hepburn

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.Richard Bach

Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.Dalai Lama

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.Napoleon Hill

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.Kahlil Gibran

If we never try, we shall never succeed.Abraham Lincoln

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.Winston Churchill

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.Helen Keller

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.Eleanor Roosevelt

Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.Martin Buber

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.Confucius

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'George Bernard Shaw

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.Harper Lee

Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.John Lewis

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.Mark Twain

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.Tony Robbins

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty.Winston Churchill

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.Helen Keller

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.Nelson Mandela

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.Richard Bach

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.Albert Einstein

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone.Marcus Aurelius

Be happy, but never satisfied.Bruce Lee

Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty.Winston Churchill

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.Marcus Aurelius

He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a living man.Seneca

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.Winston Churchill