“All my possessions for a moment of time.”
“Make your life a mission – not an intermission.”
“We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.”
“It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.”
“Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.”
“I dream, therefore I become.”
“To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function …
“Intuition isn’t the enemy, but the ally, of reason.”
“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”
“To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.”
“So if it seems that some of what I’ll have to say in the pages to come doesn’t reflect the mellowing of age, that’s only …
“You create your opportunities by asking for them.”
“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, / Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”
“Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture.”
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.”
“Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.”
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
“I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.”
“Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.”
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, ‘there is not only an art, but an eloquence …
“Good habits result from resisting temptation.”
“Do or do not. There is no try.”
“Frugality without creativity is deprivation.”
“The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right …
“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.”
“Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.”
“Some people make headlines while others make history.”
“Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.”
“Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.”
“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.”
“I don’t like the sound of all those lists he’s making – it’s like taking too many notes at school; you feel you’ve achieved something …
“It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.”
“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”
“Some think it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go.”
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Brian Littrell
“Never, never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill
“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” – E. Joseph Cossman
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean