Famous Quotes About society

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know - that man is here for the sake of other men.

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.

It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.