We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

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.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

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

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

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

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

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

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

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.