“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
Weekly reflections and thoughts shared every Wednesday
“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty... The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
“The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.”
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”
“If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.”
“Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
“Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.”
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man”
“Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly, to me it is the chief happiness of life.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
“Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
“Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.”
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
“When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.”
“Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.”
“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.”