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

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.

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.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Many stories magnify a fact.

The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.

PR is performance recognition

And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.

A man should believe in God through faith, not because of miracles.

Home is where we have a history.

Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.