“Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“Man has been reared by his errors: first he never saw himself other than imperfectly, second he attributed to himself imaginary qualities, third he felt himself in a false order of rank with animal and nature, fourth he continually invented new tables of values and for a time took each of them to be eternal and unconditional...If one deducts the effect of these four errors, one has also deducted away humanity, humaneness, and 'human dignity'.”

“When gangs took over the [abandoned public land in Philadelphia] and the neighborhood took a turn for the worse, horses became a way of saving lives. By getting boys interested in raising a horse rather than killing another human being, these cowboys gave the youth something positive: father figures, focus, and the ability to stand tall.”

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. ”

“Asphalt hurts. But not as much as abandoning your dignity.”