There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.