We are all born cowards.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.

Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.

Never say NO, Never say, 'I cannot', for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.

Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!

Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.

Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance.

If you think what you see on TV is prejudiced, it is. Follow your instincts.

I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring. But I did very well.

Love is itself an expression of strength.

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

... for home is a magnet that lures back even its most abstracted children.

Why do I love writing? I can be who I want, do what I want, hurt who I want, and make the world over, just the way I'd love to have it.

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt. "You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.