Adversity give us opportunity to grow. And we usually get what we work for. If we have problems and overcome them, we grow tall in character.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others, than you can by what others say about him!

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.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.

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

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.