不能憑最初印象去判斷一個人。美德往往以謙虛鑲邊，缺點往往被虛偽所掩蓋。

驕傲的人必然嫉妒，他對於那最以德性受人稱讚的人便最懷忌恨。

九牛一毫莫自誇，驕傲自滿必翻車。曆覽古今多少事，成由謙遜敗由奢。

一個驕傲的人，結果總是在驕傲裡毀滅了自己。

成功的第一個條件是真正的虛心，對自己的一切敝帚自珍的成見，只要看出同真理衝突，都願意放棄。

傲不可長，欲不可縱，樂不可極，志不可滿。

真正的勇敢，都包含謙虛。

啊！誇獎的話，出於自己口中，那是多麽乏味！

慷慨，尤其是還有謙虛，就會使人贏得好感。

我們不要把眼睛生在頭頂上，致使用了自己的腳踏壞了我們想得之於天上的東西。

事情還沒有做成就吹牛皮誇口，的確糟糕透頂。

謙遜可以使一個戰士更美麗。

我們的驕傲多半是基於我們的無知。

滿盈者，不損何為？慎之！慎之！

恃國家之大，矜民人之眾，欲見威於敵者，謂之驕兵。

如果學習只在於模仿，那麼我們就不會有科學，也不會有技術。

求學的三個條件是：多觀察多吃苦多研究。

我們從失敗中學到的東西要比在成功中學到的東西多得多。

活著就要學習，學習不是為了活著。

對所學知識內容的興趣可能成為學習動機。

學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。

Sometime in the future, I am a hundred percent certain scientists will sit down at a computer terminal, design what they want the organism to do, and build it.

On stage, I need to be seen from the back seats. So, I dress more colorful and vibrant.

Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.

When you conduct opera, you control the stage. But with a film, the film controls you.

Most memoir writers will tell you that the hardest part of writing a memoir isn't what to include, but what to leave out.

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.

Comedy's really subjective, you know.

We are gods. Our tools make us gods. In symbiosis with our technology, our powers are expanding exponentially and so, too, our possibilities.

I would die without goals or a focus. I need something to keep me going.

On Veterans Day, I can't help think of my uncles who volunteered for the service after fleeing a brutal regime in the Dominican Republic. They hadn't been in America long, but they were already so grateful for its opportunities that they were eager to serve.

I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.

Delegation is giving others the opportunity to participate in the story. If you have a good story people will line up to get involved to play a part in the story.

Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse.

I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too.

I'm a lacrosse player and I'm not rowdy. I was an altar boy, The kids here know the difference between what's on the field and off.

Discouragement often is a result of listening to people who have their own best interests planned for your life.

It doesn't matter if I go on CBS, PBS or Fox. Whoever is interviewing me is going to want to create some conflict in the story, or it's not interesting. That's just the way the news is.

Ensuring that we help prepare all kids for life, college, and work in our knowledge-based economy will require a collaborative, sustained effort from all stakeholders - from the president and the secretary of education on down to states, school districts, principals, teachers, parents, and community members.

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.

More connections to more devices means more vulnerabilities.

'To Die For,' with Nicole Kidman, is great - her desire to be a part of news, how she uses news to further her career and how it can drive you insane. I love that movie.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.

I'm a dreadful romantic. No matter what I go through in life, I want to fall in love with a man.

Congressman Watt has a long history of advocating against predatory lending and the mortgage practices that caused millions of families to lose their homes.