Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.
Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
When in doubt, choose to live.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.
My greatest skill in life has been to want but little.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.
Live as though life were created for you.
Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends.
There is no gain without struggle.
Awareness is the greatest agent for change.
Enjoy your youth. You’ll never be younger than you are at this very moment.
Do something worth remembering.
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
If there is a God, he is within. You don’t ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.