One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.
This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.
We must use what we have to invent what we desire.
God does not patch up the old life, or make certain repairs on the old life; He gives a new life, through the new birth.
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