The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving