Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

The hardest thing to explain is the glaring evident which everybody had decided not to see.

The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

Consensus: the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: 'I stand for consensus?

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.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?