There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

When I thought I couldn't go on, I forced myself to keep going.

I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Life is not sad, but it has sad moments.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

It doesn't matter what they call you. It's the deeds that make the man.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice to do the right thing.

Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned.