I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.
An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.
Ultimate prosperity is one’s value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.
I only seem negative to the fortunate. That’s because I show the less fortunate that they aren’t less fortunate after all.
Imagination doesn’t always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.
The devil’s happy when the critics run you off.
Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.
When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn’t climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing.
As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.
The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.
Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.
Anger’s like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me.
An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.
All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.
Simply minding one’s own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.
Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.