If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.