James herriot poem (9)

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

James Russell Lowell

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.

James Matthew Barrie

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

James Arthur Baldwin

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

James Arthur Baldwin

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

James Matthew Barrie

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes.

James W. Fulbright

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

James Thurber

I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.

James Matthew Barrie

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Arthur Baldwin

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.

James Thomson

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph. .

James Allen

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

James Whitcomb Riley

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

James Arthur Baldwin

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.

William James

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

James Thomson

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

James Arthur Baldwin

Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.

James Thomson

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

James Allen

To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

James Allen

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

James Madison

The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's.

William James

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may retain entirely unaffected for the better.

William James

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? .

James Allen

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

James Anthony Froude

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

James Allen