You create your opportunities by asking for them.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
At the mention of the word mace, the guy looked scared and kind of melted back, though the crowd kept him moving forward.
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.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.