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

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.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

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

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

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

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Know thyself.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.