“Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.” 

“Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.” 

Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.

It doesn’t matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once.

“You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better.”

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person’s genius is confined to a very few hours.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.

We ask for long life, but ’tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

I do not need to know all things. I remind myself that it is sufficient that I know what I know and know that without believing that I will always know what I know or that what I know will always be true.

We don’t grow old. When we cease to grow, we become old.

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.