You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness – all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had – outside of us.
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
You can observe a lot by watching.
Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
