The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful.
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.
It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
Focus on your goals, not your fear. Focus like a laser beam on your goals.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
Words save our lives, sometimes.
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.
Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!
A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I'm looking for the truth, and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail...
Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles
Bermimpilah, karena Tuhan akan memeluk mimpi-mimpi itu.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.
The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.