Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.