Jika telah membangun istana yang menggantung di udara, upaya Anda itu tidak sia-sia, tinggal buat saja fondasi di bawahnya.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.