Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

If you go looking for a friend you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend you'll find them everywhere.

Love consists in this that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. 

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