The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
WOODROW WILSONBenevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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