A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been read more

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

You never become a howling success by just howling.

You never become a howling success by just howling.

Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do read more

Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more.

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself read more

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity read more

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back
to the pleasant fact that there are read more

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back
to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.