I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty.
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i. e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.