Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

To achieve big things you have to have big dreams.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

Success in never final; failure is never fatal

To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time.

Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub.

It always started with a dream.

I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.

There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.

To accomplish big things, I am convinced you must first dream big dreams.

When I was young I wanted so much to be like her. What a blessing are those moments when there is nothing to worry about, no thought of trouble or grief in the world.

We move much too fast, and too frequently, to pause to savor landscapes or avoid disfiguring clutter.

We are growing serious and let me tell you that's a very next step to being dull.

A stream cannot rise higher than its source.

The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black ex-slave alike.

Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.

The brain is a muscle of busy hills, the struggle of unthought things with things eternally thought.

It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified.

Moderate aspirations lead to a contended life. I don't have to buy the airplane and I can't drive the tank!!

People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'