The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

"Enough" is a feast.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.