Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

My change of heart isn't about flaking out

There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

Only 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama was born in the United States. That's an amazing statistic. How come in America Christians are the only ones who won't take anything on faith?

As I was telling my husb — As I was telling President Bush.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.

If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else's; the whole point is to find your own way.

Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.