Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

Unless the Self is known, the power of the Self (swa satta) cannot arise.

I could stand alone because I knew I was not alone.

There is no problem you can't take absolute advantage of.

When you have to make a choice, think of the impact your decision may make on your calling

I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough!

I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding.

I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it's because I'm as old as I am! But it's just polite.

Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate.

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.