You have it made when you don't care whether you have it made or not.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

It's not respectable, ' she said. And when people say that, it's no useanyone's saying anything.

What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in deliberate practice. This is the key to exceptional achievement.

Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

It is my conviction that movie stars are not entitled to any rights of privacy.

Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad

We are strong where we were broken.

For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles.