"Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
Life
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Wisdom
"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."
Knowledge
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Freedom
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Nature
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Strength
"The mind is part of the body; the body is part of the mind."
Health
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
Happiness
"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."
Happiness
"The only true failure is the failure to try."
Courage
"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."
Motivation
"The creation of man is the creation of history."
History
"Learn to see, and thousands of things will be revealed to you."
Wisdom
"Character is higher than intellect."
Philosophy
"Do what you fear most, and the death of fear is certain."
Fear
"The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror."
Art
"In nature there are no indulgences, only consequences."
Nature
"Trust thyself only, then thou wilt know how to live."
Life
"The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable."
Nature
"To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely hopeful."
Hope
"There is no greater delight than to be a channel for the creative power of the Infinite."
Creativity
"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Friendship
"The human being is a self-relating and self-evolving creature."
Life
"Shallow men believe in luck; strong men believe in cause and effect."
Success
"Beauty is God's handwriting."
Beauty
"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."
Courage
"The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, and to have it make some difference that you lived at all."
"There is no greater teacher than adversity."
Wisdom
"The musician builds on the universal foundation of mathematics and science."
Music
