When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.