Charles Flint

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."

"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow."

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity."

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

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

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

"Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"We are what our thoughts have made us."

"Patience is a virtue."

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

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."