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

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

He that can have patience can have what he will.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

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

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

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

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

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

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.