"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock."
— Thomas Jefferson

"For better it is to do mighty things, to dream of glorious triumph, even though checked by defeats, than to take part with those poor souls who neither do much, nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory or defeat."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything."
— Theodore Roosevelt

""In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is
the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.""
— Theodore Roosevelt

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care"
— Theodore Roosevelt

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged."
— Thomas Jefferson

"One man with courage is a majority."
— Thomas Jefferson

"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."
— Thomas Jefferson

"Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give
you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour."
— Thomas Jefferson

"A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many."
— Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. "
— Thomas Jefferson

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. "
— Thomas Jefferson

"Delay is preferable to error."
— Thomas Jefferson

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

"God has no religion."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"The future depends on what you do today."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"My Life is My Message"
— Mahatma Gandhi

""You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.""
— Mahatma Gandhi

"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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— Mahatma Gandhi

"Almost anything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. "
— Mahatma Gandhi

"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Live each day as if it were your last, learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
— Mahatma Gandhi