There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

Don't forget love; it will bring you all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, Filling an emptiness we don't even know we have.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think.

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

There are no limits on what you can achieve with your life, except the limits you accept in your mind

No matter what mistakes we might have made yesterday, today is the day we can retrieve our innocence.

If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.

You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

The more space you allow and encourage within a relationship, the more the relationship willflourish.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

The thinking that got us to where we are is not the thinking that will get us to where we want to be.

Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!

Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?

Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.

I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer.

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

Do we always grind through the present, doomed to throw a gold haze of fond retrospect over the past?

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.

We challenge one another to be funnier and smarter.... It's the way friends make love to one another.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it

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