Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.

You need a plan for yourself, just like you need a plan for a business.

We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious.

Leave every environment you go into better than you found it.

O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the child that holds its father's hand.

Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

What's interesting about the Taliban, is they're more afraid of educating girls than they are of drones. One educated girl is more scary to the Taliban than a drone.

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.