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.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Our true nationality is mankind.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
