According as the man is, so must you humor him.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

My experience has shown me that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.