Performance

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing

A mighty flame evolves from a tiny spark

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Experience is the teacher of all things

Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it

The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither their good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength even if you strive

We can do no great things, only small things with great love

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deeds of another

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise