A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
For anything worth having one must pay the price and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.