Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Above all things, respect yourself.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

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

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

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