Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success.
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.