“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Simplicity
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
-Isaac Newton
Mindfulness
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam
Attitude
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”
– Alexander Graham Bell
Purpose
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
– Bruce Lee
Drive
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
Wisdom
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
-Bruce Lee
Wisdom
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”
-George Clooney
Humanity
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
Kindness
“It’s nice to be important, but it’s also important to be nice. Never forget that.”
-Sacha Baron Cohen
Service
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
—Audrey Hepburn
Growth
“Take a long pause, breathe, and know that things are happening for you not to you.”
-Ashton Kutcher
Kuleana
“You should never take more than you give.”
-Elton John
Character
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
—Warren Buffett
Will
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
—Michael Jordan
Contentment
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
—Dr. Seuss
Simplicity
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”
-Coco Chanel
Wisdom
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
-Plato
Will
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
-William Shakespeare
Serenity
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”
—Morris West
