“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them.

“There are two types of people: Those who run and those who should. Nike believes in both.”

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

“No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.”

There is no such thing as defeat until you admit so yourself, but not until then!

Keep your head up in failure, and your head down in success.

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.

Turn pain into progress. To be wrong as fast as you can is to sign up for aggressive, rapid learning.

“Power never takes a back step – only in the face of more power. ”

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”

“Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.”

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

“If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.” 

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.

“Experience is a keen teacher;” 

The grace of God is courtesy.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity.

An action committed in anger, is an action doomed to failure.

“Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.”

Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.

Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure

“A job is death without dignity.”

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts