Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds!

You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Old age is no place for sissies.

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

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Impossible is just an opinion.

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.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

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

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

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

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find a better man.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.