“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can’t beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humor.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

To a young heart everything is fun.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.

Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

I had best friends who were in the industry, and I’m like, it’s cool if you get a job, and I’m happy.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can. I never was like that as a kid.