Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

Your success is not defined by your past accomplishments; it's defined by your willingness to keep pushing forward and aiming higher.

Theodore H. White

Everybody wants to eat at the governments table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.

Live as if you were eternal.

I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.