1. “Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.”
2. “He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.”
3. “Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.”
4. “I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”
5. “Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
6. “Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.”
7. “Men are given to complaining of unanswered prayer, but the great disasters are due to answered prayers.”
8. “The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst.”
9. “Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life.”
10. “Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.”
11. “Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.”
12. “Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.”
13. “Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.”
14. “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.”
15. “We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.”
