Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
A man is literally what he thinks.
