The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise.
A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived. '
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.
Sweet are the uses of adversity
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
Love, too, has to be learned.
Information without execution is poverty.
Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.
In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.