There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

When someone you love has died, there is a certain grace period during which you can get away with murder. Not literal murder, but pretty much anything else.

A couple of words is all it'll take to make everything in my life Before and After.

There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.

I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.

Who needs a smile when a tear's so full of love?

In order to change the system, we need to change our ideas.

Nature will kill you without a minute's thought, and in nastier ways than a crazy guy with agun. It doesn't make her any less beautiful.

I believe all literature started as gossip.

There is no one and there will never be anyone like you.