The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

-- Zeno of Citium

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

-- Babe Ruth

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

-- Babe Ruth

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

-- Muhammad Ali

I may lose a battle, but I shall never lose a minute.

-- Napoleon

Those who live are those who fight.

-- Victor Hugo