Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
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.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
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.
