There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

There must be a demand, there must be an urge and there must be a will and where there is a demand and a will, there will also be a way.

We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.

What I have learned from working with plants over the years is that the big leafed plants are the best to absorb the energy so I like philodendrons very, very much.

Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

As a stick, when once it is dry and stiff you may break it, but you can never bend it into a straighter posture; so doth the man become incorrigible who is settled and stiffened into vice.

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

I cannot be a teacher without exposing who I am.

We know the only fish that goes with the flow is a dead fish.

Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead