Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.