Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

When you fall in love with someone you treasure their quirks as much as anything else. Flaws become unique marks of character, things you'd miss if they weren't there.

Make Hard Work Your Best Friend. Hard Work becomes Smart Work

We are already abundant, we have everything we need within us, to live a purposeful and fulfilling life.

We will grow old and die, eventually.Then I'll see you in Heaven.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.

Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

Plans are great, but missions are better.

He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.