The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be.

The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Those are most desirous of honor and glory who cry out the loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.

The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

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.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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 overcome while trying to succeed.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.