If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
It’s not the having, it’s the getting.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
It is like the seed put in the soil – the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Giving opens the way for receiving.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
