We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

All wealth is the product of labor.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.