They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.
An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?
If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.
They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.