The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Be curious, not judgmental.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.