“A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.”

“You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.”

“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”

“You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.”

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”

“But she did love him. I believe it. I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn't deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention is better than no attention.”

“Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world.”