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

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

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

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

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Wisdom begins at the end.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

All great achievements require time.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.