“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.”

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”