“As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.”

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

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

Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good.

Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.

No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.

He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?