When we take control of our mental state by deliberately choosing our thougths and attitudes, we can alter the meaning we associate to the experiences we have and results we see in our life.

I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustibl reserves of potential that have never come close to realizing.
I believe each person has far more intelligance than they have ever used.
I believe each person is more creative than he or she has ever imagined.
I believe the greatest achievements of your life lie ahead of you.

Behold the turtle.  He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.

Hearing is one of the body's five senses.  But listening is an art.

There is an important difference between giving up and letting go.

When the trees sing,
It doesn't really matter
If you know the song,
Or if you know the tune,
What really matters is knowing
That the trees are singing at all.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are.  joy is not necessarily what happens when things unfold according to our plans.

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.

A good runner leaves no trace.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Outer order contributes to inner calm.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

Be curious Always! For knowledge will not aquire you; you must acquire it.

Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

If you cannot be a good example, then you will just have to be a horrible warning.

Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing.

Pain is inevitable.  Suffering is optional

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

It may be that two souls meet and it is not destined that they are to be together in this world.  They touch each other and part.  They have other work to do.  Yet the meeting can never be forgotten; it is ingrained on the soul itself.

It is singularly stupid not to make yourself ready for anything that could happen.  In my own memory, time has never stopped.

Never allow yourself to become one of those people who, when they are old, tell you how they missed their chances.

In every moment, the quality of your life is on the line.  In each, you are either fully alive or relatively dead.

Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.

Swift gratitude is the sweetest.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Quality questions create a quality life.  Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.