“Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.”

“No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”

“Life means to have something definite to do—a mission to fulfilled—and in the measure in which we avoid setting our life to something, we make it empty. Human life, by its very nature, has to be dedicated to something.”

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.”

“Character is the total of thousands of small daily strivings to live up to the best that is in us.”

“There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our minds. And mercy, and identity.”

“By sharing something, I realized that I'm not alone, that there are a lot of people that share with me the same preoccupations, the same ideas, the same ideals, and the same quest for a meaning for this life. ”

“As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?”

“Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.”

“The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.”

“Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.”

“I am a part of all that I have met.”

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”

“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.”

“I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations. ”

“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. ”

“Therefore hold to the things which are reliable. Look to simplicity; embrace purity; Lessen the self; diminish desire. ”

“The average person puts only 25% of his energy into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.”

“When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.”

“Take control of your destiny. Believe in yourself. Ignore those who try to discourage you. Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits. Don't give up and don't give in.”

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”

“A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.”

“To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble. ”

“Example has more followers than reason.”

“What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.”

“When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.”

“Within sorrow is grace. When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.”

“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”

“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”

“Dreams come in a size too big so that we may grow into them.”

“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.”

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”