You write a book like that you're fond of over the years, then you see that happen to it, it's like pissing in your father's beer.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one.

Every spoken sentence beginning with ‘I Am’ is a powerful spell exhaled into action. Describe yourself wisely.

Good deeds are seldom remembered; bad deeds are seldom forgotten.

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.

Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass.

If you have nothing but compassion, you are still very wealthy; if you have everything but compassion, you are still very poor!

A drop of hope can create an ocean, but a bucket of faith can create an entire world.

Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.

When you're young, you think you can do anything, and we thought.