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

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I am the captain of my soul.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

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

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

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