Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

When one doors closes, another door opens.

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.