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Albert Schweitzer: A man can...

Albert Schweitzer: A man can...

A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next...

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Robert E Lee: Never do a...

Robert E Lee: Never do a...

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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John Paul Jones: I wish to...

John Paul Jones: I wish to...

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's...

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T E Lawrence: I'm re-reading it...

T E Lawrence: I'm re-reading it...

I'm re-reading it with a slow deliberate carelessness.

Source: Letter to Edward...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.

Source: In...

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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name...

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Marcel Proust: If a little...

Marcel Proust: If a little...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the...

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John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear...

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Ralph Bunche: We must fight...

Ralph Bunche: We must fight...

We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and...

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Dag Hammarskjold: Life demands from...

Dag Hammarskjold: Life demands from...

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run...

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Adlai Stevenson: There are no...

Adlai Stevenson: There are no...

There are no gains without pains.

Source: Speech, Chicago, 26 Jul 1952.
-- Adlai...

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Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Source: Inteview in...

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Pat Nixon: I would feel...

Pat Nixon: I would feel...

I would feel sorry for her if she did.

Source: On whether she would want her...

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Lady Bird Johnson: Walk away from...

Lady Bird Johnson: Walk away from...

Walk away from it until you're stronger. All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

I must say they regard the Sabbath and attend preaching, for there are churches of every denomination and able...

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Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try -- you...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, [Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away...

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Abigail Adams: Great necessities call...

Abigail Adams: Great necessities call...

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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William J Bennett: Most certification today...

William J Bennett: Most certification today...

Most certification today is pure credentialism. [It] must begin to reflect our demand for excellence, not our...

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