My memory is so bad that many times I forget my own name.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

The concern of a team member is also the concern of the team.

I love, love, love women.

I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.

Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive.

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year

There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion.