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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

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.

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

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.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.