The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do anything.

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True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures...

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures...

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities