The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
The soul’s joy lies in doing.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
No man was ever wise by chance.
Everything important always begins from something trivial.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
What is man’s ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Never reach out your hand unless you’re willing to extend an arm.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
