I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

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

Any one thing in creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation of favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

I never encounter anything except my responsibility.

We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes thee world a better place to live.

The resources, advantages, and the powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeed to equally great responsibilities.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.