We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.