Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.