The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

Every story I create creates me. I write to create myself.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think

 not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

The best way out is always through.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.