It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
The car rocked back and forth and tipped uphill.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.