Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most invigorating in their use and inestimable in their worth.

The practice of perseverance is the discipline of the noblest virtues. To run well, we must run to the end. It is not the fighting but the' conquering that gives a hero his title to renown.

Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.

True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.

The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom.

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.

Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.

If you follow your heart, you will find your own sacred path.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

Wag the world how it will, Leaves must be green in Spring.

Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person.

Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject having some things you want in order to get other things you want more.

There will be a report coming out, and my name will be on it.