The love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life.
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!
Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.