A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. |
A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress. |
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. |
Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy. |
American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality. |
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things. |
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. |
Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns. |
Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised. |
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. |
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst. |
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. |
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness. |
Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty. |
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. |