The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Current "literature" [is] well-written books in which disgusting people do disgusting things to other disgusting people for no apparent reason and with no apparent resolution.

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

We're living in an era where word-of-mouth is on steroids.

A belief is not a belief until you can visualize it, unless you can create a picture of it in your minds eye, especially if you have no doubts that reality can be - or is - possible.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

I had spent 10 days of my life digging for garbage.

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.

Fathers teach their best lessons to their children by the way they handle life when confronted with adversities.

You cannot solve the problem by turning to communism, for communism is based on an ethical relativism and a metaphysical materialism that no Christian can accept.

Publications such as Forbes and Fortune continually rank Georgia cities as among the best places to live, work and run a business.