Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your read more

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.

Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to read more

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.

Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.