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

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

One man with courage is a majority.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.