Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money but him who does it for love of it.

An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Racism must be opposed by all means that humanity has at its disposal.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

The generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

O beautiful for spacious skies, For Amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

For great and low there's but one test: 'Tis that each man do his best.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.

The perils of overwork are slight compared to the dangers of inactivity.

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.