I opened my mouth, then shut it, then, very slowly, I held my hands up in front of me.
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
The average person thinks he isn't.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.