Can you walk on water? You have done no better than a straw. Can you soar in the air? You have done no better than a fly. Conquer your heart; then you may become somebody. This quotation hangs above Og Mandino?s office door at his corporate headquarters in Scottsdale Arizona.
The practical man is the adventurer the investigator the believer in research the asker of questions the man who refuses to believe that perfection has been attained…. There is no thrill or joy in merely doing that which any one can do…. It is always safe to assume not that the old way is wrong but that there may be a better way.
There are two kinds of geniuses. The characteristic of the one is roaring but the lightning is meagre and rarely strikes; the other kind is characterized by reflection by which it constrains itself or restrains the roaring. But the lightning is all the more intense; with the speed and sureness of lightning it hits the selected particular points and is fatal.
Precaution is better than cure.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Prevention is better than cure.
Better late than never.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
I hold it true whatever befall; I feel it when I sorrow most Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Better is the enemy of good.
Can you walk on water? You have done no better than a straw. Can you soar in the air? You have done no better than a fly. Conquer your heart; then you may become somebody. This quotation hangs above Og Mandino?s office door at his corporate headquarters in Scottsdale Arizona.
OTHERWISE adv. No better.
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
I dont like a man to be too efficient. Hes likely to be not human enough.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to get better. Its not.
The practical man is the adventurer the investigator the believer in research the asker of questions the man who refuses to believe that perfection has been attained…. There is no thrill or joy in merely doing that which any one can do…. It is always safe to assume not that the old way is wrong but that there may be a better way.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Two heads are better then one.
Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.
There are two kinds of geniuses. The characteristic of the one is roaring but the lightning is meagre and rarely strikes; the other kind is characterized by reflection by which it constrains itself or restrains the roaring. But the lightning is all the more intense; with the speed and sureness of lightning it hits the selected particular points and is fatal.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
The better we feel about ourselves the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.
Four be the things Id been better without: Love curiosity freckles and doubt.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
It is better to learn late than never.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head bowings in prayer.
At times it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if youre a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
It is better to have loved and lost than to have hated and won.
It is better to be safe than sorry.