The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should not be applied at all. But you must start somewhere.

We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

Never run away from anything. Never!

An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.