Thomas Jefferson

When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.

Enlighten The People, Generally, And Tyranny And Oppressions Of Body And Mind Will Vanish Like Spirits At The Dawn Of Day.

We Confide In Our Strength, Without Boasting Of It; We Respect That Of Others, Without Fearing It.

Laws And Institutions Must Go Hand In Hand With The General Progress Of The Human Mind.

If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant And Free, In A State Of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was And Never Will Be.

Every Day Is Lost In Which We Do Not Learn Something Useful. Man Has No Nobler Or More Valuable Possession Than Time.

Nothing Gives One Person So Much Advantage Over Another As To Remain Always Cool And Unruffled Under All Circumstances.

The Care Of Human Life And Happiness, And Not Their Destruction, Is The First And Only Object Of Good Government.

To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical.

The Glow Of One Warm Thought Is To Me Worth More Than Money.

We Should Never Judge A President By His Age, Only By His Works.

I Find That The Harder I Work, The More Luck I Seem To Have.

The Most Valuable Of All Talents Is That Of Never Using Two Words When One Will Do.

The Man Who Reads Nothing At All Is Better Educated Than The Man Who Reads Nothing But Newspapers.

Walking Is The Best Possible Exercise. Habituate Yourself To Walk Very Far.

In Matters Of Style, Swim With The Current; In Matters Of Principle, Stand Like A Rock.

Honesty Is The First Chapter In The Book Of Wisdom.

I Would Rather Be Exposed To The Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than To Those Attending Too Small A Degree Of It.

Every Difference Of Opinion Is Not A Difference Of Principle.

I Like The Dreams Of The Future Better Than The History Of The Past.

It Is Neither Wealth Nor Splendor, But Tranquility And Occupation Which Give Happiness.

Do Not Bite At The Bait Of Pleasure Till You Know There Is No Hook Beneath It.

Never Trouble Another For What You Can Do For Yourself.

Never Spend Your Money Before You Have Earned It.

I Do Not Take A Single Newspaper, Nor Read One A Month, And I Feel Myself Infinitely The Happier For It.

Educate And Inform The Whole Mass Of The People… They Are The Only Sure Reliance For The Preservation Of Our Liberty.

Do You Want To Know Who You Are? Don’t Ask. Act! Action Will Delineate And Define You.

I Cannot Live Without Books.

For People Who Are Free, And Who Mean To Remain So, A Well-organized And Armed Militia Is Their Best Security.

When Angry Count To Ten Before You Speak. If Very Angry, Count To One Hundred.

I Never Considered A Difference Of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend.

A Republican Government Is Slow To Move, Yet Once In Motion It’s Momentum Becomes Irresistible.

The Spirit Of Resistance To Government Is So Valuable On Certain Occasions, That I Wish It Always To Be Kept Alive.

God’s word is lamp that lights my path.

A beautiful life does not just happen. It is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and hard work.

Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you start taking life as fun, the ego has to die, it cannot exist anymore.

Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope For A Treasure.

Life Begins Where Fear Ends.

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

A person does not have to be behind bars to be a prisoner. People can be prisoners of their own concepts and ideas. They can be slaves to their own selves.

The more you give, the more you will get. Then life will become a sheer dance of love.

Events bring you small joy, while existence brings you bliss.

Don’t tell me about your God with your words. Show me about your God with your actions.

Share Your Knowledge. It Is A Way To Achieve Immortality.

The Biggest Adventure You Can Ever Take Is To Live The Life Of Your Dreams.

Don't Give Up, Courage Is My Conviction.

For Those Who Dare To Dream, There Is A Whole World To Win!

I Never Want To Change So Much That People Can't Recognize Me.

I Dream Of India Becoming A Great Economic Superpower.

I Sincerely Believe That Indians Have The Ability To Compete With The Best In The World.

If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On.