Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.

Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food?

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

Besides language and music, mathematics is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind.

I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.

What is common sense isn't common practice.

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.