The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

When you are fired because of laziness, dare to fire back with the spirit of enthusiasm. Rise up at the same time and at the same place that you have fallen. You can’t give up!

Persecuting Christians because of Jesus Christ is like a man who goes after the children of his enemy because he is indeed afraid of his enemy. Matthew 24:9

Books keep the mind active. Without them, complacency is a huge danger.

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

The key is to enjoy life, because they don't want you to enjoy life.

As soon as I had seen Fay Wray and spoken with her for a few minutes, I knew I had found the right girl.

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.

Understanding is the reward of faith.

I constantly find myself changing my mind all the time. One day, I want to do just acting and just that. One day I want to do music and just that.

The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove.