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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.
 Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more 
 Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. 
Keep your goals away from the trolls.
Keep your goals away from the trolls.
You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.
You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.
 Failures are divided into two classes-those who thought and never did, and
those who did and never thought.  
 Failures are divided into two classes-those who thought and never did, and
those who did and never thought. 
 There are many who are living far below their possibilities because
they are continually handing over their individualities to others. read more 
 There are many who are living far below their possibilities because
they are continually handing over their individualities to others. Do you
want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest
within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or
conventionalities or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on
principle. 
The drowning man is not troubled by rain.
The drowning man is not troubled by rain.
 I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very
destructiveness on both friend and foe has read more 
 I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very
destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means
of settling international disputes.