I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
Robert Frost

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".
Erma Bombeck

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.
Erma Bombeck

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Henry David Thoreau

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
Henry David Thoreau

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
W. Clement Stone

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement Stone

Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'
Mitch Hedberg

It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?
Mitch Hedberg

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.
Bob Dylan

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
Bob Dylan

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.
Bob Dylan

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."
Lao Tzu

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
Joseph Campbell

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
Joseph Campbell