No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive ? to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

You must train your intuition ? you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.