"It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot

"Whenever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."

"It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion; the other, self-denial."

"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and provide for it."

"Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds."

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results."

"Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs."

"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

"I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes."

"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it."

"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

"We cannot change anything until we accept it."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."

"The greatest thing a human being ever does in this world is to see something...To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all in one."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."