O. Henry

"We are judged not by what we achieve, but by how we treat those beneath us."

"Honesty is the best policy, but not for dishonest people."

"Adventure is the best remedy for a dull life."

"The world is a comedy for those who think, a tragedy for those who feel."

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."

"Every person has a hidden talent waiting to be discovered."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"The best things in life come to those who wait, but only if they work while waiting."

"A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion, but doesn't."

"Happiness is not something you have or don't have, it's something you create."

"The past cannot be changed; what we can change is our attitude toward it."

"True friendship is tested not in times of prosperity, but in times of hardship."

"We are all just travelers passing through this world."

"Success is not about becoming something you are not; it's about becoming fully who you are."

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

"A kind word is like a spring day that brings life to everything it touches."

"Patience is a virtue that the impatient will never understand."

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

"Beauty is not in the face, but in the actions of the heart."

"Dreams are the blueprints of reality."

"Knowledge without application is merely philosophy."

"Freedom is the ability to choose your own path, not to wander without direction."

"The strength of character is shown not in victory, but in how one handles defeat."

"Every ending is also a beginning."

"Love makes the world spin, but work keeps it from falling off."

"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge, for knowledge is limited."

"The heart has its own logic that reason cannot fathom."

"Hope is the last thing to die in the human soul."

"Money is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."

"Art is the effort of man to express his own mental and emotional reactions."