Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on

“You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?””

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.