Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.
Boards don't hit back.
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.