“It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish.” ThinkingMenDifferencesMistakeStrongerFoolishVirtuousModeratesExtremistGreat MistakesBetter Man Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
“Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind, as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body, or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together, the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may not pretend as well as he.” MenMindWellsMayMadeSometimesBodyTogetherFoundDifferencesEqualBenefitsClaimsStrongerFacultyOne ManMind And BodyLeviathan Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“We cannot become the world's policeman, but where our values and our interests are at stake, and where we can make a difference, we must act and we must lead. That is our job and we are better, stronger and safer because we are doing it.” WorldJobsValuesInterestDifferencesStrongerMaking A DifferenceStakesPolicemen Author:William J. Clinton
“We are born in innocence. ... Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed -- these are corruptions.” NeedsFeelsFirstsDifferentBornDifferencesStrongerBlessedCorruptionInnocenceReachingFeel BetterNuance Book:Gentleman's Agreement Source: Gentleman's Agreement
“America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.” GivingTwoKidsJobsAmericaDifferencesLeaderEconomyMomLowsStrongerUnionsStriveCongressImmigrantsCeoBetter Life Author:Barack Obama
“The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about evolution. When your authentic self miraculously awakens and becomes stronger than your ego, then you will truly begin to make a difference in this world. You will literally enter into a partnership with the creative principle.” WorldHumansSelfCareDifferencesHuman BeingsPrinciplesCreativeThis WorldEvolutionEgoStrongerPassionateAwakeningMaking A DifferencePartnershipAuthentic SelfEgo And Soul Author:Andrew Cohen
“I like games where you can use stealth and guile. As you get older, it's like the difference between playing squash and racketball. Squash is an older man's game, because if you're stealthy and wily, you can beat a better-co-ordinated and stronger, younger person.” IfsMenPersonsUseGamesDifferencesBeatsStrongerSquashStealthOlder ManGuile Author:Nolan Bushnell