A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
The people who turn out best are those people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
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.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.
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.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
