Nothing in life is more necessary than friendship.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

(A middle-class child's) parents didn't just give him money. They passed down habits, knowledge, and cognitive traits.

Leaders create a legacy daily.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

the gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.

Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

Work hard...have fun...be nice...play fair...dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win.

Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person.

I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.