"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."
-Confucius
Attachment
"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
-Rumi
Mindfulness
"If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present."
-Lao Tzu
Attentiveness
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."
-Pema Chödrön
Consciousness
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
-William Blake
Revolution
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
-Leo Tolstoy
Vitality
"One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways."
-Edith Wharton
Ambition
"To do nothing is the way to be nothing."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mindfulness
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
-Henry David Thoreau
Responsibility
"If your world isn't right, the cause is in you."
-Dante Alighieri
Self-Worth
"Stop comparing yourself to other people. You're only on this planet to be you… Your life journey is about learning to become more of who you are and fulfilling the highest, truest expression of yourself as a human being."
-Oprah Winfrey
Gratitude
"The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy."
-James K. Polk
Reputation
"A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning... But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes."
-Zachary Taylor
Change
"It is not strange ... to mistake change for progress."
-Millard Fillmore
Frivolity
"Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion."
-Franklin Pierce
Leadership
"The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."
-James Buchanan
Character
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
-Abraham Lincoln
Prosperity
"The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people."
-Andrew Johnson
Criticism
"The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized."
-Ulysses S. Grant
Patience
"Every expert was once a beginner."
-Rutherford B. Hayes
