People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

He is base—and that is the one base thing in the universe—to receive favors and render none.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it he is not yet man. Without it thought can never ripen into truth.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung.

The world makes way for the man who knows whither he is going.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The first wealth is health.

Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.