“Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard.”

“Not everybody who speaks in a pleasant way to you is your friend.”

“And one day you will smile and say, "This is more than what I prayed for."”

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

“It's funny how, day by day, nothing ever changes, but when you look back, everything is different.”

“Just because someone handles a difficult, challenging situation gracefully doesn't mean it's not weighing heavily on them. Outward appearances can be deceiving, and people might struggle more than they let on.”

“Stop expecting others to give you more respect than the respect you give yourself.”

“Don't worry about controlling your emotions. Control your actions.”

“Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope.”

“Don't correct people if you could just as easily let it slide.”

“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”

“You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough.”

“Be a good person, but never waste time proving it.”

“Listen to your conscience and do the right thing, no matter the cost. You can't put a price on self-respect.”

“At some point, you will realize no one else has a say in your life unless you let them.”

“My policy is to have no policy.”

“If you need more than one hand to count your best friends, you're not a great best friend.”

“Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.”

“If you saturate your mind with positive thoughts, it will sustain you in any situation.”

“Temperance is the first step of virtue, which is the beginning of moral perfection.”

“Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.”

“Sometimes the choice you make is less important than making a choice and committing to it.”

“People don't forget. Nothing gets forgiven.”

“Stop expecting others to always agree with you.”

“Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.”

“Let all Americans—let all lovers of liberty everywhere—join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.”

“Any thought you have about the future is a delusion.”

“The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.”

“The fact that you are still kind after all you have been through shows how strong you are. Never stop being kind.”

“Great men are ordinary men with extraordinary determination.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

“Never let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.”

“Education is not the learning of facts; it's rather the training of the mind to think.”

“Things are only impossible until they are not.”

“The person who is incapable of making a mistake is incapable of anything.”

“Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security will ultimately lose both.”

“No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong and oppression.”

“You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be and do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.”

“Never trust anybody. Trust is earned, not given.”

“There are many things worth caring about.”

“Sit with winners — the conversation is different.”

“The truth must be served like a coat and not thrown in the face like a wet towel.”

“Men marry women with a hope they will never change. Women marry men with a hope they will change. Invariably, they are both disappointed.”

“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”

“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile.”

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get full value from joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

“It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer.”