The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.