More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
Nothing amazes me anymore.
This earth is His, to Him belong those vast and boundless skies;Both seas within Him rest, and yet in that small pool He lies.
Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people.