Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve theworld and I'll fall back into habits of sloth quite easily!

To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.