Suffering in search of truth gives true meaning to the truth.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

Old age is no place for sissies.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

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

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Can’t is the worst word that is written or spoken; Doing more harm here than slander and lies; On it is many a strong spirit broken, And with it many a good purpose dies.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it continues the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.