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The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However if they read trashy magazines for the majority of their time and they never run with the information that they glean from resourceful books, then they may as well have not taken any time to read at all. It is easier to stay out than get out.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.

The more the merrier.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

There are no accidents... there is only some purpose that we haven't yet understood.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.

The readiness is all.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

There is no normal life, there's just life.

There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.

There's always a tomorrow and the hope of something new.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular way, you can count on change and external circumstances to come along which will challenge that decision. Remain vigilant after declaring a major decision and manage yourself in relationship to the goal. Set up structures that support you staying on target.

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

...walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Trouble is part of your life

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion and it may not be the truth.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage "People living deeply have no fear of death.

Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

Whatever you choose, do it fully-with passion and childlike enthusiasm.

When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

When you expect good, it's available constantly, and it makes itself a reality in your life.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

Whoever wants God intensely, finds Him. Go and verify it in your own life.

You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

Work is love made visible.

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.

You cannot resist something to which you grant no reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. The more you resist, the more you make it real-whatever it is you are resisting." "Every human being is as special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives now, or every will live. You are all meesengers. Every one of you. You are carrying a message to life about life every day. Every hour. Every moment.