Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.
I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.
You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.
Each of us can make a great difference in the lives of other people, particularly as we move along the Success Process ourselves growing in strength, gaining experience and knowledge.
To get where we want to go in life, we have to keep at it. We have to create a vision, make choices based on what moves us most swiftly toward our goals, and go after them with determination and single-mindedness.
I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with whom I share nothing except the right to trial by jury.
After the '30s, we said, "no more Munichs. " And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, "No more Vietnams. " Now if we say, "No more Iraqs," the next one won't be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can't learn lessons.
A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no sense of humour, know well that that man has not known at all. If you come across a serious man, then you can be certain that he is a pretender. Knowing brings sincerity but all seriousness disappears. Knowing brings a playfulness; knowing brings a sense of humour. The sense of humour is a must.
The greatest gift we can give another is the gift of a good example.