There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

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

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

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

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

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

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

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.