If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power; in all other cases observe it.
To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.