“Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.”

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.

I guess there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.

I am not afraid of love. I am afraid of loving so hard that every vein and bone and fragment of this skin, would break at the absence of you.

Love fiercely, that even in your absence you linger.

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.

The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data.

Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.

Tear me open and I will bleed in your name. My heart aches from your absence, but in the aching and breaking is where my art is born.