When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

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