Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
For we walk by faith, not by sight
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.