Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

You spend the beginning part of your life with your mother, so love her; the middle part of your life with your girlfriend, so care for her; and the end part of your life with your wife, so adore her.

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

Books are a stairway to knowledge; experience is a highway to understanding; together they are an elevator to enlightenment.