Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

For what can the damned really have to say to the damned?

Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.

I do not fear death.I fear dying incomplete

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.

We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.