For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.
