Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Success is not about luck; it's about preparation, hard work, and seizing opportunities.

The mind's the standard of the man.

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Success is not about seeking constant external recognition; it's about finding fulfillment in the process of growth and the pursuit of meaningful goals.

If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.