All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them.
There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
None think the great unhappy, but the great.
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
What a man thinks of himself, that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?...Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.
Every experience, however bitter, has its lesson, and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness.
Scientific discovery consists in the interpretation for our own convenience of a system of existence which has been made with no eye to our convenience at all.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.