I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Don’t make the mistake of looking down on your partner. You’re only on that pedestal because they put you up there.

Dancing with heartbreak is the strangest thing. It's like playing with fire

I’m so afraid I’m not worth the breath you gave me…

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.

For both art and the historical sciences are ways of experiencing in which our own understanding of existence is immediately brought into play.

The learned man's life itself shines as the message for mankind.

The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.

I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.