You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.
Darryl wasn't in good shape -- he was white-faced and panting.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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.