“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“With malice toward none; with charity for all.”
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
“We are what we believe we are.”
“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
“Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.”
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn; my God, do you learn.”
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in”; aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”