It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

None is richer than he who simply has peace of mind.

I asked my brother-in-law, the father of four boys, ‘If you had it to do all over again, would you still have kids?’ ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Just not these four.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.