When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they dont need him.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they dont know nothing about it.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

People leave traces of themselves where they feel most comfortable, most worthwhile.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.

Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.