Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

“Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.” 

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." -Buddha

"Fear makes strangers of those who would be friends." -Shirley MacLaine

"Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others." -Lama Yeshe

"Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close." -Daisaku Ikeda

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." -Thich Nhat Hanh

”Never argue with an idiot. They’ll only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

Never let the fear of losing stop you from playing the game

Never regret anything because at one time - it was exactly what you wanted

You have to learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play the game better than anyone else.
-Einstein

Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.