When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

Hercules, huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without at the same time being a profound philosopher.

Be firm.

I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of sand.

What is actual is actual only for one time and only for one place.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.

I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. It took seven languages to make me; it would be nice if I could have spoken just one.

We are our own gods and our own demons.

Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.