Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degredation to make no effort to overcome.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

Where there is society, there is no need for charity.

Angels often do now know whether they walk among the dead or living.

If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute.

Truly things are better in general now, in America, than in the past.

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.

Every restriction of trade creates vested interests that are from then on opposed to its removal.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

I look at other artists who have had fabulous first albums, and you don't know what they're doing today. Who's to say I'll be an exception to that rule?