Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they’re gonna do it.

When I was into my 30s, I became increasingly depressed by rejection letters. I had had the feeling that by the time I was 30, I would be established. But I was not at all. By the time of ‚Lives of Girls and Women,‘ I was into my 40s and I had become more thin-skinned.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

The dispersal of juniper seeds is effected by the plum and cherry plan of hiring birds at the cost of their board, and thus obtaining the use of a pair of extra good wings.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.