The moment somebody says "this is very risky" is the moment it becomes attractive to me.
For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.
Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.
Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.
Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.
Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred a celibate to a domestic life has been able to occupy a position of honor and usefulness.
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
The key to building wealth is to preserve capital and wait patiently for the right opportunity to make the extraordinary gains.
I am a white guy in America with an education, albeit high school, but a pretty good one. Another guy from a different demographic or different ethnicity in America can look at me and say, "You take a lot for granted. " Well. . . okay. I just live in a white male American reality, where I hear you but I don't know if I necessarily read you.