The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

It is true, as John Bunyan said, that God infinitely prefers a heart without words to words without a heart when we pray.

If you want the world to be loving and peaceful, I'll give you my heart and soul. For the heart is a symbol of truth and caring

I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.

He was really into family... He'd never come on the road with me on the weekends 'cause he wanted to spend time with his wife.

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.