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“I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.

I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond, that character—not wealth or power or position—is of supreme worth.

I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.

I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will.

I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius. ”
― Michelangelo Buonarroti

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit . . . a reputation, character.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
― Aristotle

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”
― Aristotle

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”
― Aristotle

“It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.”
― Michelangelo

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
― Clare Boothe Luce

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“I love those who can smile in trouble...”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves it s amazing what they can accomplish.”
― Sam Walton

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
― Brian Tracy

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
― Mark Twain

“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”
― Abraham Lincoln

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”
― John Henry Newman

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship