There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

Almost anything is easier to get into than to get out of.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Where there's life, there's hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot.

Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.

There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back.

It's not an exaggeration to say that we're on the verge of a meltdown.

Why did God create mankind? Because God likes stories.

Sometimes your gut is right. And sometimes not.

We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.