“We only have one life to give, and we should be careful who and what we give it to.” 

Suspicion comes out of the unrenewed mind; discernment comes out of the renewed spirit.” 

“Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.” 

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.” 

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.

“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.” 

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

“What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.”

“Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other.”

Most people fail in life because they major in minor things

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope

“I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.” 

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

“Psychology is the science of mental life” 

“Oh I can't explain. When I like people immensely I never tell their names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.” 

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

“Conscience makes egotists of us all.” 

“But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.” 

“I'm not black on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and a woman on Thursday, Friday and Saturday” 

“I’m also now immune to politicians who say, “I’ve traveled the length and breadth of this great land, and I know…” I’ve traveled more than any of them, and I don’t know.” 

“Then, as if in answer to a riddle posed years before, you will realize that this growth came from seeds you planted or watered or carried from place to place—and you’ll be rewarded in the way that we as communal beings need most: you’ll know you made a difference.”