Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and look back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

It’s dangerous to be grateful for the cage that traps you.

Arise in great might and chase your dreams.

The only existence I know now is the one I was given. An echo of what used to be.

Every day is a lie, he said. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

Make a child a painting and he'll be happy for a day. Teach a child to paint and he'll be miserable for a lifetime.

No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go.

Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title.