Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.

Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimaeras dire.

Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap and they know it.

The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

The high note is not the only thing.

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff. There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime.

Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928 The less you feel and the more firmly you believe, the more praiseworthy is your faith and the more it will be esteemed and appreciated; for real faith is much more than a mere opinion of man. In it we have true knowledge: in truth, we lack nothing save true faith.

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.