Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

We are gods in the chrysalis.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

By becoming interested in the cause, we are less likely to dislike the effect.

As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

I believed our touching to be more intense because of it's very holding back. Belief is always a choice.

Security is by far the city's predominant business.

I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold.

I don't work so hard at trying to get every song to be three-dimensional and mean so much. I just want to breathe, right now, with the music.

Our spoken word first hammers a thing desired into shape. Our continued spoken word brings this shaped substance forth and clothes it with a visible body.

Your behaviour influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences.

The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible

Salander's fingers emerged like something dead from beneath the earth. Had there been any human watching, he would probably have reacted like the fox. He was gone like a shot.

A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.

Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea, Breasting the lofty surge