Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

It is strange that the years teach us patience, that the shorter our time the greater our capacity for waiting.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life which fade and are tasteless without it.

A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid! - the proper sport of boys and girls - but a single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

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