“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”

“If you don’t have a good sense of personal sovereignty, someone can change your feelings about yourself.”

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful,”