The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

When wealth flees, untrue friends follow.

We can never control change

No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.

I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.

Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you.

I really don't like showing people how I play things; it's a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.

Time doesn't go. Time stays. We go.

I mean, hope doesn't get actualized in three and a half years. If that were the case, we'd be out of luck as a country.

Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by misfits.

You won't learn if you think you already know everything.