All the excuses in the world won't change one simple fact: that fear is a sign to do whatever it is you fear - and do it quickly... I am scared most of the time. However, I refuse to feed my fear with time and allow it to get stronger. I opt instead to get things done quickly.

Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

Only through love can we obtain communion with God.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.