Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak