One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

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.

Happiness is already in the future because your heart and mind took you there a million times already. It knew.

I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

Cupcakes - when you want to watch your weight, but still feel the pride that comes with eating an entire cake.

Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt politician ever to seek the office of the presidency.

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

We need less perfect but more free films.

(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.