The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
Pray with reverence, not half-heartedness.
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it.
Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.
Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Imagine that half the world is hidden from you. Half of the person sitting across from you has never been appreciated, half of the garden has never been seen or smelled, half of your own life has never been truly witnessed and appraised.
If there is no way out and confrontation and battle is inevitable, one can use power and strategy, balance and wisdom and enlightenment to win, of course. But the best battle is the battle that is never fought.
Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Knowing is half the battle. Explaining it is the other half.
When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.
Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.