Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers dear Readers are an afterthought.

Willpower is not some mythical force that we either have or don't have. Willpower is our decision to use higher mind thinking instead of lazing around in the clutches of our primal mind.

Here's the thing: I'm not in shape.

Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.

There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.

right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

If we were interested in making money, we wouldn't have become teachers.

No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.