Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

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

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

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.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

A leader's greatness is found in bringing out greatness in others.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."