He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.

The two qualities that chiefly inspire regard and affection [are] that a thing is you own and that it is your only one.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspire others.

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.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

While there's life, there's hope.

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

View your life from your funeral: Looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what wouldn't you do?

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.

Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

There is only one time that is important—now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.