The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time is come I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.