No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth

Never be friends with your exes if you weren't friends with them before.

Happiness is not a future event.

Theres a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.

Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals.

You never know what life means till you die; even throughout life, tis death that makes life live.

It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars.

But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established.

When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz.