A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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.
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.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
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 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.
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.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.