The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it continues the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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.
We do not do what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are—that is a fact.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.
I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. All that is not a true change will disappear in the future society.
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
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.
We have more machinery of government that is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall be given a square deal.
The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
