Intentions

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves

A book ought to be the ax to break the frozen sea within us

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

For the will and not the gift makes the giver

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.