Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

But what is happiness except for the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

You have no idea what your legacy will be. Your legacy is what you do every day. Your legacy is every life you’ve touched, every person whose life was either moved or not. It’s every person you’ve harmed or helped. That’s your legacy.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.