Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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.

Everyone is given the potential to excel, whether you do or not is entirely up to you.

"It was as true " said Mr. Barkis ... "as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them."

Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

All victims have experienced a loss-a thwarted desire or aspiration-even if they're not aware of it.

How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen.

An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator.

America is one long expectoration.

Treat yourself the way you want to be treated by others... love yourself and you will be loved.

A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.