“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.”
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
Is this the real life Is this just fantasy Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go; little high, little low anyway the wind blows doesn't really matter to me To me.
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass...
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.