The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.

The beginning of wisdom is to do away with fear.

In the depths of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

It's only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.

It is not worthy of a human being to give up.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.