You should always stay hungry. Stay hungry, so you can eat.
Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
A bad workman blames his tools.
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.
Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.