Conditions Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear…

— Immanuel Kant

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

— Marshall Field

Man is effective in the world not only through what he does, but above all through what he is.

— Rudolf Steiner

Humanity can only improve as people improve. When you have improved your life, you can inspire those around you to want to improve their…

— Peace Pilgrim

Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's…

— William James

No man is without some quality, by the due application of which he might deserve well of the world; and whoever he be that…

— Samuel Johnson

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement,…

— Marie Curie

Every man is born with the ability to do something well. This is what the Lord intended him to do. Using that ability -…

— Gracie Allen

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

— Frederick Douglass

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his…

— Ayn Rand

Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. But man's grandeur lies elsewhere, in…

— Albert Camus

If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing…

— Clarence Darrow