The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

Humility is attentive patience.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

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

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

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.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.