“Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.”

“It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.”

“This was a splendid life. Splendid in its obscurity and humility, splendid in its strength and charity, splendid in its achievements.”

“...all true fame...is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.”

“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

“Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.”

“The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.”

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”

“Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.”

“If it is to be, it is up to me.”

“When we serve we experience, when we experience we teach, when we teach we learn, when we learn our lives are permanently changed, and as our lives are changed we are enriched beyond our wildest dreams.”

“Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody.”

“The artist must be an egotist because, like the spider, he draws all his building material from his own breast. But just the same the artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with his work. He knows when he has done well, but he knows he has never attained his dream. He knows he never can.”

“The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post.”

“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”

“Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'”

“There is no limit to the amount of good a man can do, as long as he does not care who takes the credit.”

“Every person in this life has something to teach me--and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening.”

“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up, depends on us.”

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

“Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.”

“The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.”

“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”