Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.

Legionary life is beautiful, not because of riches, partying or the acquisition of luxury, but because of the noble comradeship which binds all Legionaries in a sacred brotherhood of struggle.

You can always enhance your natural beauty you learn what works for your face because crazy make-up doesn't really suit anyone.

I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up.

I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.

It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn and to arrange what we know.

I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.