Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
We were in the open concourse where the turnstiles were. It was hardly any better here -- the enclosed space sent the voices around us echoing back in a roar that made my head ring, and the smell and feeling of all those bodies made me feel a claustrophobia I'd never known I was prone to.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.