Life only demands the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible—not to have run away.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the toughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

The things which . . . are esteemed as the greatest good of all . . . can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.

True strength lies in gentleness.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.