There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Appearances often are deceiving.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.