Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

School friends rarely remembered, hardly forgotten...!!

Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.

Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.

I think emotional health is a big contributor to physical health.

I'm sorry, Alabama fans. I'm from New York and didn't watch football growing up.

I am often late for planes. The airlines know me now, they call at home and ask, 'How much later will you be today?

I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to read.

Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult.

Every day in life there are challenges; whether you're an accountant, a race car driver or whatever you do.

I want to have different Ferraris for different Ferraristi. We have a lot of parallel activities that can increase revenues without being obliged to produce more cars.