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Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
Education is the movement from darkness to light.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.
The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its young men under five-and-twenty
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
All great achievements require time.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is due to the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability, and concentrating them upon one point
Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.
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