Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Time wounds all heels.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
