The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant-is energy-invisible determination.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
A successful career has been full of blunders.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.
You cannot win without sacrifice.