Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

Every person’s happiness is their own responsibility.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.

I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.