The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
Effective action is always unjust.
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
