Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
An editor - a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized vilified and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness and every man understands too that it is no pro...
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Fear clogs faith liberates.
Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.
Where much is expected from an individual he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.