If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.