There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend one human soul whom we can trust utterly who knows the best and worst of us and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The world goes up and the world goes down the sunshine follows the rain and yesterdays sneer and yesterdays frown can never come over again.

Be good sweet maid and let who will be clever.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self control diligence and strength of will cheerfulness and content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Every duty that is bidden to wait comes back with seven fresh duties at its back.

There are two freedoms the false where a man is free to do what he likes the true where he is free to do what he ought.

Better is old wine than new and old friends like wise.

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken, it can rarely be put back together in exactly the same way.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell

If I am ever obscure in my expressions, do not fancy that therefore I am deep. If I were really deep, all the world would understand, though they might not appreciate. The perfectly popular style is the perfectly scientific one. To me an obscurity is a reason for suspecting a fallacy.

Possession means to sit astride the world instead of having it astride of you.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.