In a power hungry, power worshipping society, men label themselves atheist.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Great leaders get people to admit the truth because they know that dreams are buried under the lies they tell themselves, in order to feel okay with giving up.

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it you can make it so.

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.

The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.

Being bullied is something I experienced in school, and it is not fun.

You and I must not complain if our plans break down if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One who knows more than we do have succeeded.

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

Stability leads to instability. The more stable things become and the longer things are stable, the more unstable they will be when the crisis hits.

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.