It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder
or control the firm resolve of a read more

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder
or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very
destructiveness on both friend and foe has read more

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very
destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means
of settling international disputes.

You never become a howling success by just howling.

You never become a howling success by just howling.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.