Herbert Spencer

"Beauty exists in all things."

"Death teaches us the value of life."

"Victory comes to those who persevere."

"Gratitude multiplies blessings."

"Creation is the highest form of expression."

"Justice is the foundation of peace."

"Patience is the mark of wisdom."

"Kindness returns kindness."

"Strength is measured by character."

"Fear dissolves in the light of truth."

"Power without wisdom is tyranny."

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

"Progress is not an accident but a necessity."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"There is no greater curse than that of ignorance combined with power."

"Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity."

"The wise man doesn't give the right answer, he poses the right question."

"People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal."

"No one can be perfectly free till all are free."

"Science is organized knowledge."

"The preservation of health is a duty."

"In the early struggles for liberty, centring the attention on political institutions, we forgot that institutions are secondary to character."

"The capacity to endure is the first requisite of the warrior."

"Love is life's end, but never a means to anything but itself."

"The truly civilized man is always skeptical of his own civilization."

"Misery is the penalty for moral defects just as physical pain is the penalty for physical defects."

"Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man."

"Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity."

"The ultimate result of success is the ability to give back to the world."