“Posterity will one day laugh at the foolishness of modern materialistic philosophers.”

whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.

I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nation will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

It is surmounting difficulties that make heroes.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Life comes only from life.

You have said it. And in the future, you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.

Don’t postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.

Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.