“Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.”

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Perhaps the most tragic thing about mankind is that we are all dreaming about some magical garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are right outside today.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

East or West Home is best.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it

air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him, men who were cleverer than himself

Do real and permanent good in this world.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I will show you a winner everytime.

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Can you seek your own approval instead of theirs?

Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.

Everyone strives for approval and wats to be loved.

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval.

To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster.

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.