Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate ease health and applause and even life to the sacred calls of his country.

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded perhaps too much and too often. As for money I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

What is the worth of anything But for the happiness 'twill bring?

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

It's obvious but perhaps worth saying that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.