It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

What can change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past-an idea and the service of dedicated, committed individuals to that idea.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.