It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not to waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wide choice of many alternatives.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

We are our choices.

Fundamentally, there are only to ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion — the technique of the army and the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation — the technique of the marketplace.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.