It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.