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The great crisis must come, or no man has the chance to develop great qualities.

almost any man can do a great deal, if he will, by getting the utmost possible service out of the qualities that he actually possesses

We have it in our power to begin the world over again

This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.

When the world was over run with tyranny the least remove therefrom was a glorious rescue.

The enormous expense of governments has provoked people to think, by making them feel; and when once the veil begins to rend, it admits not of repair.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every heavy burden light, and equaliseth every inequality.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

I cannot believe that at this stage in our history, the American people would ever knowingly support purposeless vengeance.

It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him.

The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.

Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.

Success in life is becoming what you want to be.

Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.

Every thought we think makes it necessary for us to think another thought; consciousness is continually expanding.

Every fact we learn leads us to the learning of another fact; knowledge is continually increasing.

You are to become a creator, not a competitor.

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.

Desire is a manifestation of power.

You can do what you want to do, and it is your right and privilege to follow the business or avocation which will be most congenial and pleasant.

Where there is great love there are always miracles.

If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.

We knew that if one man could rise above the misery then others could as well.

The power of one person — Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela and even a young girl from Pakistan, Malala — one person can change the world by giving people hope.