In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

Music is the building block for things yet to come.

Don't waste our children's future on man's past.

It’s fairly simple. When can we pray? All the time. When should we praise God? Whenever we pray.

HAPPY MY FAILURES ARE LESSON FOR OTHERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW MY TROUBLES, YET I BELIEVE I CAN FLY WITH MY FEATHERS, I HAVE MAGIC TO DO WONDERS.

None of the dead come back. But some stay.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea.

When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted me in the orchestras.