People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

They alone live, who live for others.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.