Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.