"There is a big difference between being centered and being self-centered."
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
"Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that."
"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
"The significance of life is living."
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
"Sometimes you have to lose all you have to find out who you truly are."
"Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don't be afraid to fail."
"The future is the worst thing about the present."
"Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought."
"Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life."
"Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher."
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
"No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations."
"Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives."
"It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie."
"This is such a short and precious life that it's really important that you don't spend it being unhappy."
"To get angry is like to revenge yourself for the guilt of others."
"To live outside the law, you must be honest."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
"I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure."
"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."
"Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain."
"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time."
"You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution."
"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."
"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."
"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
"Respect is earned by effort not age, all things age without effort."
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
"The best dreams happen when you're awake."
"A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness."
"Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."
"A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all."
"There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart."
"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."