In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Resist much. Obey little.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
All great achievements require time.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.