In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
