The finest poetry was first experience.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

Still ending, and beginning still.

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.

A little pot and soon hot.

A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.

The day people stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

I would rather die fighting for what is right, than live passively amidst all that is wrong.

A man's character is his fate.

O do not slander him, for he is kind.
Right; as snow in harvest.

He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.

For contemplation he and valor formed,
For softness she and sweet attractive grace.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

I think insomnia is a sign that a person is interesting.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Don't find fault. Find remedy. Anyone can complain.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

I think being humble is sexy.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Blank minds think alike.

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

I am an optimist --- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

Clear your mind of can't.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

Psychology has a long past, but only a short history.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.