Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Above all things, respect yourself.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

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

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.