Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
– John F. Kennedy

  

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
– Mahatma Gandhi

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
– Swami Vivekananda

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
– Socrates

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
– Napoleon Bonaparte

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
– Chanakya

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
– Albert Einstein

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
– Karl Marx

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
– Abraham Lincoln