“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop.”
“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”
“For myself, I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.”
“In those days he was wiser than he is now – he used frequently to take my advice.”
“In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity.”
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
“Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
“Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.”
“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.”
“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicity emerge”
“Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.”
“Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip”
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.”
“This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.”
“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
“What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.”
“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”
“When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”
“You create your own universe as you go along.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”