As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Know thyself.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.