Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

No matter what your past has been, your future is spotless.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.

If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if you would be among the pure in heart, you must be pure in heart.

Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul.

Physical fitness contributes to all other aspects of personal development and makes for rich and radiant living

How little we really know about the life all around us. Would we be so cavalier and ruthless with it if we understood it better?

If you prove me how strong you are, I just exactly see your weakness.

Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

It can be so difficult to get people to think about systemic institutional problems. It is easier just to see the actions of one or two people and say, "That's wrong!"

Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition.

God improvises. Man systematizes.

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.

I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders.

I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going.