“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

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.

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

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.

Things do not change; we change.

Anything dead coming back to life hurts.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

There is no future without education.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

If you ain’t aim too high, then you aim too low!

You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.

I can’t remember anything without a sadness so deep that it hardly becomes known to me, so deep that its tears leave me a spectator of my own stupidity.