Man Is Neither By Birth

The Mind Is Not A Vessel To Be Filled But A Fire To Be Kindled.

Good Fortune Will Elevate Even Petty Minds, And Give Them The Appearance Of A Certain Greatness And Stateliness, As From Their High Place They Look Down Upon The World; But The Truly Noble And Resolved Spirit Raises Itself, And Becomes More Conspicuous In Times Of Disaster And Ill Fortune.

To Fail To Do Good Is As Bad As Doing Harm.

Those Are Greedy Of Praise Prove That They Are Poor In Merit.

When Demosthenes Was Asked What Were The Three Most Important Aspects Of Oratory, He Answered, 'action, Action, Action.'