A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

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.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

We work to become, not to acquire.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.