“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

Forgiveness and letting go are steps on our road back to happiness.

"The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun." Kahlil Gibran

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

“At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape,and after that he gives wisdom to all.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Three things in life never come back,time,words and opportunity.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

“There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”

“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.

"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories."

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

The difference between a wise and foolish man is this--the former sees much, thinks much, and speaks little; but the latter speaks more than he either sees or thinks.

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Listen for your angel's voice in music, in kind words, and in loving thoughts.

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts and the stupid ones are full of confidence.

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

“Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat”

An arrow can be shot only by pulling it backward. So whenever life pulls you back, don't worry it's going to lead you forward to victory.