The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

The more you know the less you need to say.

The best books… are those that tell you what you know already.

‚Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.

Time discovers truth.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

If you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

There is no substitute for victory.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It’s the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don’t go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

We can’t afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

I’m not going to stop having problems.

There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.

Older people sit down and ask, ‚What is it?‘ but the boy asks, ‚What can I do with it?‘.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

There are many things that I don’t understand.

I am no supporter of factory labor for children, but I have never joined with those who clamored against proper work of children on farms outside their school hours.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.

Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don’t speak the language and haven’t been before – that’s really satisfying to me. I like that.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

Homework’s hard. Especially math. My kids joke with me. They tell me they have homework. I say, ‚Okay.‘ And then I sit down and they say, ‚It’s math.‘ ‚No! Not math! English, history, anything!‘

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.