Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

I am the captain of my soul.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

You shape your own destiny.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.