John Jacob Astor

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

"The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who wants the least."

"Do not let yesterday take up too much of today."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

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

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"Your time is limited, do not waste it living someone else's life."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

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

"Money is a good servant but a bad master."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

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

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

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

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."