"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister...
"When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'that knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well, George, that's more nearly your size.' " George Washington...
"I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that." Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American musician, singer-songwriter,...
"It is easier to get forgiveness than permission." Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. She was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944,...
"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example." Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his...
"A childhood without books? That would be no childhood. As a child, being without books would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy." Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren; (14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a...
"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it. " Dorothy Day, (November 8, 1897 –...
"When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence." Bruce...
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933...
"We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life." James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American...