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

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.

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

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.

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.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Life is hard but so very beautiful

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.