Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

All thingsat first appear difficult.