If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.