Perry, John

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

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

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

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

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

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

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

"Peace begins with a smile."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

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

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

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

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

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."

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

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

"The only way out is through."

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."