Ellen Goodman Quotes

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.

The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.

If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!