Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

Above all things, respect yourself.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.