Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.
When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!
Ninety-nine percent of everything you do in life is attitude. If you have a relationship with God. . . you're going to learn to ask the one question in life that covers everything: How can I help you?
When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. See what happens when you "know it all", at any stage of life? Farther down the track you may see clearly how certain personal opinions, held onto too tightly, could be fogging up the view, and providing incorrect insight. Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.
After a storm comes a calm.
If you want something, go get it. Period.
A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
Dreaming illustrates your hidden capacities and your unawakened ability.
The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
Adventure is the champagne of life.
If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox.
He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.
So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.
If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in.