If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

Maybe stories choose how they are told and who tells them.

How queer it was for two lovers to suddenly turn into strangers?

For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of the story.

In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

I eat ice cream. It's better than booze.

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.

Day! Faster and more fast. O'er night's brim, day boils at last.

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.