The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

“I give my whole water in joy，“ sings the waterfall， '' though little of it is enough for the thirsty。''