You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge that human relations and human emotions are of inexhaustible interest wherever they occur.
When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they're with you.
The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.
I don't ever look past anyone or think that they're not worthy. Of course they're worthy, they're warriors.
Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
I don't really feel I deserve something if I haven't had to fight for it. It's not a conscious attitude, and it's stupid and wrong. Sometimes you do deserve things without having to put yourself through agony.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
You don't miss your water 'Till your well runs dry.
