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

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

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

You shape your own destiny.

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

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.