These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare social justice can never be attained.

My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles but most of them never happened.

He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness.