It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as read more

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him read more

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.

Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and read more

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.