A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that read more

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never read more

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for read more

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
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Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
Piu che il morire, il vivere.]