Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

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