How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.