Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my read more

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am
in the house and I have the key.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make read more

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Private victories precede public victories.

Private victories precede public victories.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.