We are afraid to care too much, for we fear that the other person does not care at all.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

Nothing is as harmful as expectations.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.