The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

The world only exists in your eyes... You can make it as big or as small as you want.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

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

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.