Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
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.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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.
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.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
