Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

The Bell System is like a damn big dragon. You kick it in the tail and two years later it feels it in its head.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

When someone else makes a mistake, it is their responsibility to correct it, but it is your responsibility to handle how you feel about it.

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.

Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.

A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.

My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.

In the beginning I just was dreaming about working in fashion at all, no matter what the role would be, and it just seemed so unlikely. I was living in San Diego and it seemed so far away.

For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.

If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.