Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

It is not so much our friends‘ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.

When things are going bad, there’s going to be some good that’s going to come from it.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

I’ve had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O’Connor told me, ‚Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you’ll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.‘

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Reality has a way of intruding. Reality eventually intrudes on everything.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Science is but an image of the truth.

So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.

God helps those who help themselves.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.

Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Just because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I’ve done that sort of thing in my life, but I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don’t know why. Because they’re harder. They’re much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.

Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don’t move fast, but I just keep moving.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Never, never, never give up.