I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

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.

Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one is useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

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

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

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

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.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other persons point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

It matters not what goal you seek It's secret here reposes; You've got to dig from week to week To get Results and Roses.

Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.