Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
When we open our eyes and look at the world without words, what is seen is just this: a magnificent, shimmering dance of energy.
The reason we do not see it is that we are looking with our eyes wide open in the wrong direction.
He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing.
By his love, a person is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but ought to be actualized.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free; into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.
You have to dream before your dreams can come true, and you must act to make them real.
He who sees the Supreme Lord dwelling equally in all beings, the imperishable in things that perish, he truly sees.
The eye cannot see the beauty of the dawn when it is blinded by pride.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Better it is to live one day seeing the Supreme Truth than to live a hundred years without ever seeing it.
The truth of tomorrow is born in the courageous thoughts of today.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
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