20 of the smartest things that have ever been said

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end.

It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it

There are only two great tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want and the other is getting it

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows

The time is always right to do what is right

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it

hat gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so

We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on

It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit