There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down the other is pulling up.

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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Character not circumstances makes the man.

Associate yourself with people of good quality for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.