Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.