“The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.”

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

No law is quite appropriate for all.

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I’d always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.

Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.