Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
Success consists in the climb.
Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.
We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
No man ever did or can do a great work alone.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
Growth is often a painful process.
Luck is tenacity of purpose.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
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