I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.
I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
Little things affect little minds.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.