There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

I chose and my word was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken — the choosing was not. Just keep moving on...

For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"<br> Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."