It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
