We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.
—Indira Gandhi (Indian Head of State)
Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.
—John Stuart Mill (English Philosopher, Economist)
Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.
—Vincent de Paul (French Catholic Saint)
I hope to work, support my children and die quietly without pain.
—Sean Connery (Scottish Actor)
We protract the career of time by employment, we lengthen the duration of our lives by wise thoughts and useful actions. Life to him who wishes not to have lived in vain is thought and action.
—Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.
—Joshua L. Liebman (American Jewish Rabbi)
The only way to earn what you’re really worth is to get paid based on your results.
—T. Harv Eker (American Motivational Speaker)
The family is the school of duties… founded on love.
—Felix Adler
The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
—Omar Bradley (American Military Leader)