Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors.

Races are not won by the fastest athletes. Fights are not won by the strongest men. But the races are won and the fights are won by those who want to win most of all.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.

Do not feel certain of anything.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its own storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too.

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.

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

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.