Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The good points of the one I copy; the bad points of the other I correct in myself.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Not the intensity but the duration of high feelings makes high men.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least… | I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, | In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass; | I find letters from God dropt in he street, and every one is signed by God's name, | And I leave them where they are, for I know | that whereso'er I go | Others will punctually come forever and ever.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'

Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

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