Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
"It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."
Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.
"You only blinched inside," said Pooh, "and that's the bravest way for a Very Small Animal not to blinch that there is."
"I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.""Well, not so much. They don't let you."