In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

When people have poor confidence in the future, you can be confident of a poor future.

Never remember your failures but remember why you failed.

To the rich, the really poor don't know that the level of comfort you experience exist at all, so you see, they don't need your sympathy, and you should not feel guilty, just teach them how to fish.

If we head in the direction of our dreams and accept the winds and rains that will test our resolve, we can experience the deep satisfaction of looking back upon the path of a life well lived.

There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.

Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.

'Fabulosity' is to get up when you've been kicked down, and it's not to go after who kicked you down.

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.