To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

© Confucius

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

© Richard Bach

If you want to study yourself — look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people — look into your own heart.

© Friedrich von Schiller @quote

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.

© Hugh Miller

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

© Lao Tzu

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

© Cicero

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

© Walter Benjamin @quote

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.

© Mabel Newcomber

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

© Mother Teresa

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

© Eckhart Tolle

Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

© William Yeats @quote

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

© George Santayan

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

© Tony Robbins

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

© Wayne Dyer

Today, give a stranger a smile without waiting for it may be the joy they need to have a great day.

© Byron Pulsifer @quote

Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

© Tom Lehrer

It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

© Anatole France

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

© Rene Descartes

Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.

© Mary Parrish

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

© Richard Bach

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

© Richard Bach @quote