The best way to evaluate a person is by performance not intellect.

The perils of overwork are slight compared to the dangers of inactivity.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

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

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

You have no idea what your legacy will be. Your legacy is what you do every day. Your legacy is every life you’ve touched, every person whose life was either moved or not. It’s every person you’ve harmed or helped. That’s your legacy.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people’s lives.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.