In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

People pull on a smile as if it were just another accessory. It might as well be a tie than a smile.

Prayer is inward communication with yourself

I had a moral tutor, but never saw him (the only words of his I remember are 'The three pleasures of life -drinking, smoking, and masturbation')

I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.

Procrastination is the fear of success.

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice.

Make up your mind that you will become the seeker of your own higher self.