It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.

leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.

Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongueswhen they have girls to manage

The coach who goes home and doesn't think about the game he just lost is bound to repeat his mistakes.

If you destroy the foundations of anything, the structure will collapse. If you want to destroy any building, you are guaranteed early success if you destroy the foundations.

This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship - the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.

Let's not get naughty. How about homicidal instead?

Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.

I admire anyone who can walk across a stage to the mic and not trip.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

Information about money has become almost as important as money itself.