Everybody says they’re trying to get their piece of the pie. They don’t realize that the world is a kitchen – you can make your own pie.
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.
As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
You change your life by changing your heart.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.