Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrows good luck.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.