The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.

Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life and to help you release your happiness to others.

It is useless attacking the insensible.

Be firm when you set boundaries. Stop returning to the people, habits, and beliefs that brought you unhappiness.

Life is short. Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued.

At your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought , they must be earned.

The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Where you invest your love, you invest your life.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

It’s time to stop being scared of what could go wrong, and start getting excited for everything that could go right.

Be adaptable, flexible and never stop learning. The rate of change will never stop and neither should you.

Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it’s truth that prevails.

Come grow old with me, for the best is yet to come!

Postpone not your life.

Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.

To make a difference is not a matter of accident… People choose to make a difference.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

Today, and everyday, take as your personal mantra: I am what I am and what I am is wonderful.

If your kindness keeps tabs, it’s a transaction.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Those who constantly try to impress others will quickly depress themselves.

What you want exists. Don’t settle until you get it.

Be thankful and appreciative for what doesn’t work out. It’s leaving room for something better.

Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

We must rejoice when love is great, and pardon its excess, for love is the staff of life, and life without love is life in vain.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Keep faith. The most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment you’re about to give up hope.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

Don’t avoid extremes, and don’t choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities – that is the art, the secret of balancing.

Don’t let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.

The years don’t always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can’t use shame to change ourselves or others.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow… even if that someone is yourself!

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.