Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

You must find your own gift, the activity you are fond of and the activity you were created for

She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but she would show them all.

How pale the Princess is! Never have I seen her so pale. She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver.

Faith is the continuation of reason.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

It's a lovely tribute and fun to read.

I loved the audacity of that American principle which says. When life gets tainted or goes stale, junk it! Leave it behind! Go West!

I'm very interested in making the photographs look real, but a lot of them are highly synthetic. They're hybrids, located somewhere between the found and the constructed.

All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.