If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
People fall forward to success.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.