The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

We should take inspiration from the sun and work constantly for the benefit of mankind, so that peace and prosperity prevails everywhere.

You are not a pawn in the chessgame of life, you are the mover of the pieces.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be able to recognize that anything was wrong

A love of fashion makes the economy go round.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

In my wildest dreams, you always play the hero. In my darkest hour of night, you rescue me, you save my life

The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same

My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard

No’ and ‘Yes’ are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them.

We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it’s more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.

Stimulate the heart to love, and all other virtues will rise of their own accord.

Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.

Love is as much of an object as an obsession, but few ever achieve it, those who do will cherish it, be lost in it, and among all, never…never forget it.

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, ‘Why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

We all live amid surfaces, and the true art is to skate well on them.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

The veil of confusion gently falls away,Like the dank mist on a dull autumn day.Revealing the path that lies there before me,To step forward or not, what will it be?

Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto.

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Somewhere there’s someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worth while. So when you are lonely, remember it’s true: Somebody, somewhere is thinking of you.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

It’s never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise.

Rule No.1 is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule No.2 is, it’s all small stuff.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.

It’s always too early to quit.

True love stories never have endings.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Can you all just do me one favor? Don’t take life for granted, because tomorrow isn’t promised to any one of us.

Love is that to life, what wind is to a windmill.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

To speak of “mere words” is much like speaking of “mere dynamite”

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren’t we already there?

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies… It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than...

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.