“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.

Nothing will divert me from my purpose.

The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

Either push your limits or die.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

Work hard, have fun and make history.

Don’t let complexity stop you.

Don’t spend major time on minor things.

I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.

If things aren’t breaking, then you’re not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes.