We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
How long should you try? Until.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
All wealth is the product of labor.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.
We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
Every intention is a trigger for transformation.
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.
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.