Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.