Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Understanding the value of time is understanding the true essence of life

Life is difficult, easy, and wonderful. As you think, it is as such.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Man is not meant to live alone.

I don't think anybody really thinks that one should get rid of the World Bank. Reform is one thing, but getting rid of it I think would be wrong.

Britons put up with, Americans fix, Canadians cope

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.

Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.