A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
We work to become, not to acquire.
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
Nothing is permanent but change.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
