Edward Davis > Edward's Quotes

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!”
― Robert Browning

“Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.”
― Said Nursi

“You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.”
― Idries Shah

“Three Things
Three things cannot be retrieved:
The arrow once sped from the bow
The word spoken in haste
The missed opportunity.

(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.”
― Idries Shah, The Sufis

“One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...”
― Idries Shah, The Commanding Self

“In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.”
― Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know : A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition

“Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams

“You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
― Les Brown, The Power of Purpose

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
― Les Brown

“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”
― Les Brown

“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”
― Les Brown

“Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.”
― Les Brown

“Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.”
― Les Brown

“The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.”
― Les Brown

“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.”
― Les Brown

“I learned from my mother that there is a greatness in all of us, and that all of us are delivered to this world with a mission. I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Say "YES" To Life

“Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.”
― Les Brown

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, they can’t find them, MAKE THEM.   —George Bernard Shaw”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Say "YES" To Life

“If you're not willing to risk you cannot grow, and if you cannot grow you cannot become your best, and if you cannot become your best, you cannot be happy.”
― Les Brown

“The limitations you have and the negative things that you internalize are given to you by the world. The thing that empowers you—the possibilities—come from within.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Say "YES" To Life

“Many times people back away from things they want to do, from the dreams they have nurtured, because they cannot envision a clear way to bring those goals to reality. Mama lived by the saying “You must walk by faith and not by sight.” She believed that if you summon the courage to go after your dream, life will provide the answers.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Say "YES" To Life

“As you look at your life look at your goals and dreams, it's better to be prepared for an opportunity not have one than have an opportunity and not be prepared. If you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself now.”
― Les Brown

“Never say you're having a bad day...say you're having a character building day”
― Les Brown

“Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.”
― Les Brown

“Its Not Over Until You Win....”
― Les Brown

“There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.”
― Les Brown

“There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams. Many”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Say "YES" To Life

“If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.”
― Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

“History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.”
― Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro