Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing
your proper role.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing
your proper role.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad read more

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad luck.

Keep your goals away from the trolls.

Keep your goals away from the trolls.

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain read more

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.