Blame if you want to be lame.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

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

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

Reality doesn't go away when it is ignored.

You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people – men and women, boys and girls – that make the world a special place.

Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare—I have no use for him, either.