Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

Nothing is as harmful as expectations.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

The greatest leader is not the the one who necessarily does the greatest things. He is the one who gets people to do the greatest things. He is

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

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.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

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.

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

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself—and be lenient to everybody else.

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.

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

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.