All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
And what he greatly thought he nobly dared.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind but great actions speak to all mankind.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.
We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government by taking them all over the United States and giving them a correct idea of the customs life etc. of the pale faces so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
Well I thought the deal was when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!