Brutes leave ingratitude to man.
Change is inevitable in a progressive society. Change is constant.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of getting out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
Audacity has made kings.
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is and what he says and when the source dries up the work withers and crumbles.
Somehow there was a lack of communication - She thought he said: "Till debt do us part."
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
The ides of March are come.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it.
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
Oddly enough, success over a period of time is more expensive than failure.
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.