Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.
Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.
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.
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
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.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
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.
