Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

I’m nothing, here. A lowly surveillance analyst. Being the hero could have meant something good for me. Could have changed my whole

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.

The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them.

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

Entrepreneurs are always super optimistic. If they weren't they wouldn't be entrepreneurs.

Do not go to the bottom of things, or you will go to the bottom yourself.

She went kind of pink and laughed, the kind of laugh you do when you know yo shouldn't be laughing. The kind of laugh that spoke of a conspiracy.

Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.

Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.

The cemetery is full of indispensable people.