...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Stand in your own two shoes.

If you have a sharp brain, then you are an artist.

In the seven years or so that had passed since I had last seen him, Sir Magnus Donners had grown not so much older in appearance, as less like a human being.

Once a man is truly dead and carried pale and cold across the Styx--once Old Bones has put an arm about his shoulders and walked him through the Gate into Darkness--might Science yet summon him back?

Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

Life is hard, and then you die.

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent pathways of history.

All systems are oligarchy. There is no other.