Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

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.

The belief that young people are incapable of making reasonable decisions is a cornerstone of our system of compulsory, closely monitored education.

Death is the greatest justice, it never discriminates.

What men and women need is encouragement. ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

I don't need to get any validation by someone else who sits next to me in first class. If you think a seat in first class makes you a star, then you're not one.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

If your dog should be dead, I'm gonna love you instead.

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Surround yourself with people smarter than you.

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.