We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Your unwillingness to change to my view point is purely on the justifiable basis that you have your own strongly held beliefs about important life issues.

The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear.

The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost look as much like home as we can.

I have always differentiated between two types of friends those who want proofs of friendship and those who do not. One kind loves me for myself and the others for themselves.

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

Half the world knows not how the other half lies.

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that.

I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.

The hammer doesn't build the house.