What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

What you’re afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.

The law of nature is: Do the thing, and you shall have the power, but they who do not the thing have not the power.

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.