To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.

Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

At the end of the day, we can endure more than we think we can.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

Loosen up. Life is a lesson. Learn from it and progress on!

He that hunts others, must run himself.

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.

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

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.

Action expresses priorities.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.