Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.
We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
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.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.
