Society and the World

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

A human being feels able and competent only so long as he is permitted to contribute as much as, or more, than he has contributed to him.

A human being feels able and competent only so long as he is permitted to contribute as much as, or more, than he has contributed to him.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Confidence....thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.

It is only through work and strife that either nation or individual moves on to greatness. The great man is always the man of mighty effort, and usually the man whom grinding need has trained to mighty effort.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.

Knowledge is power.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.