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"To bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, so that the strong should not harm the weak."

“The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.”

―Hammurabi

“As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.”

"As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him."

―Akhenaten

"You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness."

―Cyrus the Great

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

―Laozi

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

―Gautama Buddha

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

—Confucius

"He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act."

—Plato

"I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion."

—Alexander the Great

"Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent."

—Cleopatra

"For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of prosperity the mind is elated, and in prosperity a man forgets himself; in hardship he is forced to reflect on himself, even though he be unwilling. In prosperity a man often destroys the good he has done; amidst difficulties he often repairs what he long since did in the way of wickedness."

―Alfred the Great

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

― St. Francis of Assisi

"The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit."

―St. Anthony of Lisbon and Padua

"Shamed be he who thinks evil of it."

―Edward III of England

"You do ill if you praise, and still worse if you reprove in a matter you do not understand."

"Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning."

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”

― Lenardo da Vinci

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”

"It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

―Michelangelo

"So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil...If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared...Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. "

— Niccolò Machiavelli

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

—Nicolaus Copernicus

“Will the future bring your wisdom to me? Or will darkness rule the kingdom for all eternity? You will live in my heart… I will still remember even though we are apart. I will feel you there for me. As I walk the road of life. You help me fight for what is right, I will honour thy name.”

—Nostradamus

Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love....Love is a wonderful, terrible thing”

"He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart, He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know, Faithful friend from flattering foe.”

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

—William Shakespeare

"Nothing is to be feared but fear."

—Francis Bacon

"A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing."

"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind."

—Elizabeth I of England

"Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty."

" And yet it moves."

—Galileo Galilei

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

—Isaac Newton

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".

—Voltaire

"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."

—Benjamin Franklin

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."

"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"

—Thomas Paine

"Imagination governs the world."

"Ability is nothing without opportunity."

— Napoleon Bonaparte

"Ability is sexless."

"If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar."

"A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise."

— John Henry Newman

"A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense....Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day."

— Franz Liszt

"A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth."

—Charles Darwin

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

—Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.....Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

—Mahatma Gandhi

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

—Albert Einstein

"We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action."

—Sarojini Naidu

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

—Neil Armstrong

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."

—Rachel Carson

"Love is the absence of judgement."

“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

—Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV

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