to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy read more

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.

Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not read more

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together
go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, read more

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together
go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a
promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: read more

Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a
promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!.