Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

Bob Riley

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Chinese Proverb

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Marilyn vos Savant

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

Swami Vivekananda

We must not become enemies with ourselves in order to make friends with others.

Shraga Silverstein

It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.

Paramahansa Yogananda