Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

'Tis never too late to be wise.