However brilliant an action is should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

Everything good is costly and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

When a person can't find a deep meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things?

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

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