Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Our true nationality is mankind.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
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.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
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.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.