Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

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.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are read more

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss read more

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.