We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

My friends have made the story of my life.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.