A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
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.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
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.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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.
A human being is a deciding being.
Our true nationality is mankind.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
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.