Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

It is not our external actions that attract others, but it is the actions of our imaginations, visualizations, and subconscious minds that attract others.

I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views spring from an intensely personal base.

Know all the paths, but walk on your path! Be original!

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

I'm not gonna be one of those actors who's like, "It's such a drag to not see your kids." Of course it is, but that's the compromise that you're making.

Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.

Every hero must have the courage to be alone, to take the journey for himself.

Traveling by bus, we see many things on the way and just let them pass by. Watch the thoughts of your minds in the same way.

Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire.