Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

No fantasy can ever give you what the true you has to offer.

It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do.

We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

“Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me.