I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.
Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.
The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
It always seems impossible until its done.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. . . Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.
The assailant is often in the right; the assailed is always.
Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.
It is the sun that shares our works. The moon shares nothing. It is a sea.
Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.