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The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

When I use a word,'' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone,'' it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

Nothing can be said about our politics that has not already been said about hemorrhoids.

The genuine artist is never ''true to life.'' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

Prosperity begins with a state of mind.

Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.