We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

You were not made to live like brute beasts, but to pursue virtue and knowledge.

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure—which is: try to please everybody.