To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

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

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.