When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Time wounds all heels.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.