Man becomes man only by the intelligence, but he is man only by the heart.
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.
No matter how much a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cannot work through others.
I was afraid to write Fear of Flying; ergo, I had to write it. I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
Acting is happy agony.
Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.
As soon as there is life, there is danger.
Nothing is as valuable to a man as courage.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
No one succeeds without effort. ... Those who succeed owe their success to their perseverance.
I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.
If only God would give me a clear sign, like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.