A person's a person, no matter how small.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Our true nationality is mankind.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.