Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.