Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be.
It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
People expect too much of one year and too little of ten.
Avoid studies of which the result dies with the worker.
Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.
He who thinks little, errs much.
Ask counsel of him who rules himself well. He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
If you would not be forgotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.
All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
There is a God-shaped vacuum in every man that only Christ can fill.
Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.
He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God.
Please all and you will please none.
Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his
ships. As a result his crew was well motivated.
ships. As a result his crew was well motivated.
Never judge a book by its movie.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up.
It is not enough to do your best; you must know
what to do, and THEN do your best.
what to do, and THEN do your best.
In dreams begins responsibility.
I don't know whether the world is full of smart men bluffing or imbeciles who mean it.
Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends.
You talk to your enemies.
You talk to your enemies.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
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