Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad read more

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad luck.

Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.

Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw read more

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw this kid up.".

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that read more

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.