Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery above weakness above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.
Greatness lies not in being strong but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.
The government which was designed for the people has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
And above all things never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game especially these days.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things seemingly of no value in themselves can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.
Adoration is caring for God above all else.
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me.
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
As the earth spins through space a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food productive machines doctors engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold it would be a merrier world.
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown the complex the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.