Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
You only grow when you are alone.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
You only live once and you need to enjoy life, to go out and achieve whatever you want to.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.
The more you can dream, the more you can do.
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Fitness is not about being better than someone else… It’s about being better than you used to be.
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
As you think, so shall you become.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
No matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you have.
You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you’ll get to where you want.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
He who angers you conquers you.
If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
A good restaurant is like a vacation; it transports you, and it becomes a lot more than just about the food.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
