Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.
We have spoken out against inhuman slaughters perpetrated by the Nazis and the Communists. But will we speak out also against the inhuman slaughter in Indonesia, where over 100,000 alleged Communists have been not perpetrators, but victims?
The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
What is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause but what they say about their opponents.
You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.
One fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.