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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

— Nelson Mandela, Former South African President

I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.

— Barack Obama, Former US President

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

— Noam Chomsky, American Linguist

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.

— Florence Nightingale, English Social Reformer

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

— Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary

Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

— Winston Churchill, Former UK Prime Minister

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

— Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

— Brigham Young, American leader and Politician

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

— Voltaire, French Enlightenment Writer

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former Indian President
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