Knowledge without understanding is useless.

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.

...and be emptied of gravity and surrounding by the rouge wave of an emotion she could not name.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very very hard.

Voices joined together for a cause are like a wave that changes the shore.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights - by attempting to placate aggression.

I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive.

Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.

No one hangs up the phone until the customer buys or dies.

I hope I'm better looking than Yoda, but - I'm really interested in people who have something to say, a change they want to make and can't figure out why they can't make it spread.

People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.