“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to...” — Charles Dickens Quote

“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.”

“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”

“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.”

“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.”

“The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.”

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”