I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and
When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean … to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves.