The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. Thefuture is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it.

You laugh at me for being different, but I laugh at you for being the same.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what*s empty. Empty what*s full. Scratch where it itches.

Don*t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Being happy doesn*t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you*ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.Pray for powers equal to your tasks.Then the doing of work shall be no miracle,but you shall be the miracle.

Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

What gets us into trouble is not what we don*t know.It*s what we know for sure that just ain*t so.

Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who do not.