Augustus

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"War does not determine who is right—only who is left."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

"You cannot control the wind, but you can adjust your sails."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege of growth."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift."

"Every moment brings a choice, every choice brings a consequence."

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a thousand battles."

"The only true failure is the failure to try."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"The question is not whether you can afford to improve yourself; the question is whether you can afford not to."

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

"All cruelty springs from weakness."

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going away."

"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands."

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him."

"What is well begun is half done."

"Better to be alone than in bad company."