Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

A precedent embalms a principle.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.