A theory must be tempered with reality. |
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. |
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall. |
Great causes and little men go ill together. |
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. |
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. |
Every little thing counts in a crisis. |
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. |
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. |
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. |
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. |
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. |
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. |
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. |
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. |
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. |
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition. |
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. |
Ignorance is always afraid of change. |
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. |