Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

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

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Gratitude shouldn't be an occasional incident but a continuous attitude.

A woman in her late sixties described her new iPhone: "it's like having a little time square in my pocketbook. All lights. All the people I could meet.

I like to learn. That's an art and a science.

To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.

There are only three great powers in the universe: God in heaven, the pope in the Vatican and Dadá in the great box.

We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.

Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open.

To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them.

Resolution without routine is like a Ferrari without gas...it might look real good but it will get you no where.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.