Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. – The taste of anything can be changed. – But poison cannot be changed into nectar.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
The liar’s punishment is not the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.
It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it’s not random.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.