The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

As long as there are human beings, there will be the idea of brotherhood -- and an almost total inability to practice it.