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

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

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

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

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

It's always too early to quit.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.