Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Boards don't hit back.

A person preaches well that lives well.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.