Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.

The most important word in the English language is hope.

How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)