Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.