It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love…I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Professor [John] Tyndall once said the finest inspiration he ever received was from an old man who could scarcely read. This man acted as his servant. Each morning the old man would knock on the door of the scientist and call, ‘Arise, Sir: it is near seven o’clock and you have great work to do today.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.