In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
Start where you are, use what you have.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Worrying about the past or the future isn't productive. When you start chastising yourself for past mistakes, or seeing disaster around every corner, stop and take a breath and ask yourself what you can do right now to succeed.
My life's accomplishments? Sanity, and you.
You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere.
You die and you die and then you are beyond death.