“Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.”

Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!

Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.

He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.

The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

Anything forced is not beautiful.

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.

Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.

We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?

It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.

I am a stranger in all countries.

If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.

Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.

No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.

People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.

Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.

It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.

It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

Nothing is given to you.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.