Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

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

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.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

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

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.