Difficulties break some men but make others.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Reconciliation means working together to correct the legacy of past injustice.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Thorns and stings
And those such things
Just make stronger
Our angel wings.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.

In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror.

I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Cheney, Rumsfeld - they were Shakespearean in their attitude of impunity.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.

So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

We must as a second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

It is a human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

Always deliver more than expected.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The light of starry dreams can only be seen once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief.

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Courage is always rewarded.

Underneath courage shouts fear but of a hoarse voice.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage.

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

Being gifted needs courage.

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Do, or do not. There is no try.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

There is no reason why the same man should like the same book at 18 and at 48.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Success is dependent on effort.

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day.

You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

You campaign in poetry; you govern in prose.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Giving up doesn't always mean you're weak. Sometimes you're just strong enough to let go.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

Love is meant to lift you up, not tear you down. It is meant to strengthen you, not weaken you.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.

A quiet conscience makes one strong!

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.

How sweet it is when the strong are also gentle!

You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Don't find fault. Find remedy. Anyone can complain.

And he is oft the wisest man
Who is not wise at all.

But they whom truth and wisdom lead
Can gather honey from a weed.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

You know what's amazing about life. Enjoying what you see.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.