There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical