Tracy L. McNair

We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.

No American ought to be compelled to strike for his rights. He ought to receive them naturally, easily, as a matter of course.

If you want to change the world, start with the next person who comes to you in need.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them.

Every one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.