“ You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. ”

“ It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. ”

“ I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ”

“ 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. ”

“ A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. ”

“ It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ”

“ Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket. ”

“ People do not lack strength, they lack will. ”

“ Not being heard is no reason for silence. ”

“ Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ”

“ If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ”

“ You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. ”