It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.

The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. The Books in My Life.

Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others' bare.

The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.

The fact is that up to now a free society has not been good for the intellectual. It has neither accorded him a superior status to sustain his confidence nor made it easy for him to acquire an unquestioned sense of social usefulness. For he derives his sense of usefulness mainly from directing, instructing, and planning- from minding other people's business- and is bound to feel superfluous and neglected where people believe themselves competent to manage individual and communal affairs, and are impatient of supervision and regulation. A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual.

The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

President means chief servant.

Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second. -Vince Lombardi.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

The truth won't be told by the few who know.