Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

You have to see the good in yourself before expecting someone else to see the good in you. Be aware of who you are and what you can truly be.

Some dreams shouldn't be remembered.

Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers)

One of the many troubles of growing older is that it gets progressively harder to find a famous historical figure who hadn't yet amounted to anything by the time he was your age.

He that is down need fear no fall.

I certainly want to be ambitious for women. I'm ambitious for myself. I think women can definitely find areas in which they want to excel.

Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires.

Not until we have taken a look into the future shall we be strong and bold enough to investigate our paste honestly and impartially

Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.

Hating someone is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Invest your energy into something more worthwhile.