Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

April, dressed in all his trim, hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

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