Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.

Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will read more

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high read more

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.

Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may read more

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.