Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things but only what is just whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you and were tender with you and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you and disputed passage with you?

I call upon the scientific community in our country those who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

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

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.