There are two THINGS in the PAINTER, the EYE and the MIND; each of them should AID the other.

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a GREAT IDEAL. It is LIKE a stone wasted on the FIELD without BECOMING a part of any edifice.

The FIRST principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the EASIEST PERSON to fool.

You should NEVER view your CHALLENGES as a disadvantage. Instead, it's IMPORTANT for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your BIGGEST advantages.

If you BOARD the WRONG train, it is no USE RUNNING along the corridor in the other DIRECTION.

Nine-tenths of TACTICS are certain, and taught in BOOKS: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the POOL, and that is the TEST of GENERALS.

WAR is regarded as nothing but the continuation of STATE policy with other MEANS.

I have MANY TIMES marveled at how I could feel so good about myself while eating peanuts in a MIDDLE SEAT on Southwest Airlines and yet feel so condescended to in FIRST class on United.

START with what is RIGHT RATHER than what is ACCEPTABLE.

PERSEVERANCE is the HARD WORK you do after you GET TIRED of doing the hard work you already did.

EDUCATION is the PASSPORT to the future, for TOMORROW belongs to those who prepare for it TODAY.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers CONNECT US with our fellow MEN.

For DEATH is no more than a TURNING of US over from TIME to ETERNITY.

In GERMANY, they all THOUGHT I was a BIT MENTAL, very EMOTIONAL.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable THINGS to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into RELATION with a person, the more necessary do tact and COURTESY BECOME.