Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.