Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.
Never mind your happiness; do your duty.
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
Set short term goals and you'll win games. Set long term goals and you'll win championships!
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.
Workaholics are energized rather than enervated by their work - their energy paradoxically expands as it is expended.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.
Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink.
I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
The colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady Are sisters under their skins.
Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.
When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep.
So long as one does not despair, so long as one doesn't look upon life bitterly, things work out fairly well in the end.
We are so fond of each other because our ailments are the same.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.
So if you have a grandma, Thank the Good Lord up above, And give Grandmama hugs and kisses, For grandmothers are to love.