Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.