Bad things don’t happen to us; we bring them to us so we can learn a lesson.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you can take action and use it.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

I kept always two books in my pocket: one to read, one to write in.

There is nothing we can do that will bring us more in the way of rewards than the daily striving to become better adjusted, happier, more productive human beings. It’s a lifetime job and worth every minute we spend on it.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits.