That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.

The man and husband of the household is responsible for the way your family’s income is managed.

...we need to bear in mind that our opinion of other people, our ties with friends or family, have only the semblance of fixity and are, in fact, as eternally fluid as the sea.

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.

Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and mine, is an advantage.

If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying?

If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal

Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life.

Every goal is hard work, especially in such an excellent league as the Bundesliga; or even take the Champions League.

It's impossible for artists to accept compliments.

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