“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

“Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning”

“Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.”

“People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long.”

“All you have to do is pay attention: lessons always arrive when you are ready.”

“Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success”

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits”

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians”

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”

“Habit is the best of all servants, or the worst of all masters.”

“Going in one more round when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the differ...”

“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight.”

“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”