To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
A lie never lives to be old.
I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.