We work to become, not to acquire.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Never get married in college it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Art is not a thing it is a way.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
Live truth instead of professing it.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
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The thing we fear we bring to pass.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.