The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

A grit mind strengthens all of your strengths.

If we weren’t already doing it this way, is this the way we would start?

Are you just a car salesman or are you a poet too?” “I've never been accused of poetry before.

Practice creates more connections among the neurons, which push you a little further towards perfection.

I love to smile.

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.

Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.

Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.

The world is full of smart, poor people.