Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Think globally, act locally.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.