Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
People fall forward to success.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
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.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
