There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

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

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

All wealth is the product of labor.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.