'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'.

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.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.

I like to be aggressive. I like to swing the bat.

I went from zero to my own hero

Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that.

Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.

He who honestly instructs reverences God.

You never see a French person eating alone.

Those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!