Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

It is better to learn late than never.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.