We are what we repeatedly do

For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared

For myself, I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm

The price of greatness is responsibility

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give