Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.