Alexandre Herculano

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

"Knowledge is power."

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"Peace begins with a smile."

"Nature is not a place to visit. It is a home."

"The only true failure is the failure to try."

"Hope is being able to see that there is a light despite all the darkness."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Time is the most valuable thing we have."

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"Every man dies, but not every man truly lives."

"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make those climbing after feel."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."