I had been taught that if I cried, to be quiet about it, so whereas I never howled, the least thing made me cry both at school and at home. Crying tends to separate a child from other children, for even children dislike a cry baby, and I had no friends in the world.
Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
There’s no such thing as quality time; there’s only quantity time.
My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.
‘Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.
For me, growing up felt like a roller coaster ride at times, but looking back, I don’t think that it was such a bad thing. It was all part of the excitement of being young.
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.
There is no such thing as justice – in or out of court.
To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.
Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
No matter where I am, it’s all about one thing: My fans.
As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn’t serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can’t be taught.
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
People don’t understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that’s been what has gotten me this far.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It’s the core of what I’m about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It’s a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It’s the biggest factor in everything I do.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
I don’t care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year.
It’s good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
Remember this, folks – I am a Hillbilly, and I don’t always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
There is no such thing as a good tax.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
The most important thing is to snack on things that are filled with real food and nourishing ingredients that will leave you feeling energised and happy.
I have learnt one thing in life: that if you love someone, you have to accept that person with his/her flaws.
Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!
To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed on, but there is really no such thing.
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
Scars are a truly beautiful thing. Yes, they can be a little ugly on the outside, but scars show that you’re a survivor, that you made it through something, and not only did you make it through, but now you’re stronger and wiser and more educated because of that tough time that you went through.
The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.
The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols.
You can’t have a value structure without a hierarchy. They’re the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.
You learn a lot when you’re barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.
Life is full of adventure. There’s no such thing as a clear pathway.
The very important thing you should have is patience.
I haven’t lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that’s from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.
It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
We’re not perfect, but we want to do the right thing.
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
