You can either take action or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

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

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

You will learn and grow according to the nature and consequences of your actions.

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

While there's life, there's hope.

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.

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

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

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.