When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
I never wish to be easily defined.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Wherever you are, be there totally
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
I used to walk into a room full of people and wonder if they liked me... now I look around and wonder if I like them.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Focus on problems, you'll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day.
If you want ot go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
Wherever you are, be there totally
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
Be the type of person you want to meet!
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.