I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

There is no true understanding of Biology without Chemistry. And there's no true understanding of Chemistry without Physics.

A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.

We get good grades or poor grades - according to our attitudes.

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.