It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Passion is all but soft, it’s not tender, it’s violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

So many books, so little time.

It always seems impossible until it is done.

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

If your passion is business and your business is a passion, you’re going to have the love affair of a lifetime.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.