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.
The engine died and then the doors swung open.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than others.
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.