"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"The heart has reasons the brain knows nothing of."

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself
makes you fearless."

"You never know how strong you are
until being strong is your only choice."

"There is no love, there are only proofs of love."

"The true art of memory is the art of attention."

"The secret of happiness is something to do."

"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

"Tell, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"There is always a barrier between me and someone who does not like dogs."

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

"Three o'clock is always too late, or too early, for anything you want to do."

"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."

"Every charitable act is a step toward heaven."

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."

"I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day,
as each day came."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection,
we can catch excellence."

"Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost."

"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."

"Cruel, but composed and bland, dumb, inscrutable and grand. So Tiberius might have sat, had Tiberius been a cat."

"The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence.
All passes; nothing returns."

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

"Tommy Joe, don't take any wooden nickels."

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain."

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other is for helping others."

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."

"Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them, but you know they are there."

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

"Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart."

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

"How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."

"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

"One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams."

"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer."

"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."

"The years teach me much which the days never knew."

"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

"Forget injuries; never forget kindness."

"Success is going from failure without losing your enthusiasm."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, they don't know whether to answer "present' or "not guilty."

"My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers."

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"

"You can't pour from an empty cup."

"I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

"You've got to try your luck at least once a day because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."

"The secret to a long and happy marriage is not finding someone you can live with for 50 years. It's finding someone you can't live without."

"Truth isn't always easy to find or to face. "

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts."

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"The heart has reasons the brain knows nothing of."

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless."

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice."

"There is no love, there are only proofs of love."

"The true art of memory is the art of attention."

"The secret of happiness is something to do."

"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

"Tell, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"There is always a barrier between me and someone who does not like dogs."

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

"Three o'clock is always too late, or too early, for anything you want to do."

"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."