We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.

Morals are a luxury of the rich.

Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which if persisted in, will change our very natures.

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons.

I'm working on a new pitch. It's called a strike.

No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.

The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose.

Signs cannot be represented, in a spy's report, so damningly as words.

Doing what's right today means no regrets tomorrow.