A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.