Demosthenes

"When facing difficulties, remember that they are the soil in which success grows."

"All living things must change to survive. What does not change becomes extinct."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

"The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind."

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit."

"Nature has endowed every being with the means of protecting itself."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"Those who tell the stories rule society."

"A friend to all is a friend to none."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a positive attitude while waiting."

"Every moment is a chance to begin again."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"He who has made a fair compact with any one is just in keeping it."

"The words of the truthful man are like the feet of the lame."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

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

"Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."