Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. One must take it. The only choice is how.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another’s heart, or its flame burns low.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never execuse yourself.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.