You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
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.
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.