Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run.
The harder I work, the luckier I become.
Work is love made visible.
We are not here to do what has already been done.
. . . no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. " "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.
We cannot put off living until we are ready.
A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.
There is a Difference Between Merely Living and Living Worthily
Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.
I used everything you gave me.
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction.
If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.