Ideas come from everything

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

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

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

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

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.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

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.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.