Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.

The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or perhaps an item of clothing to keep them from the cold. Thieves are usually those who have something and want more.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.