Words worth keeping

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Don't JustDon't just learn, experience.Don't just read, absorb.Don't just change, transform.Don't just relate, advocate.Don't just promise, prove.Don't just criticize, encourage.Don't just think, ponder.Don't just take, give.Don't just see, feel.Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen.Don't just talk, act.Don't just tell, show.Don't just exist, live.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.