Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?