Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.

To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.

experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.

For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.

Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

The very next thing you need to be doing is the thing that terrifies you the most.

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

The world conspires to help those who are in love with the beauty of their dreams.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain.

I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

Because they have so little, children must rely on imagination rather than experience.

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.

All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.

The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.

Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.

I can't tell you how to succeed, but I can tell you how to fail: Try to please everybody.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas

All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.

One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

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