You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Take good hold of instruction and don't let her go, keep her for she is your life.

Take good hold of instruction and don't let her go, keep her for she is your life.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high read more

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to read more

Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no read more

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. - The Life of Poetry.