I’m just someone who grew up in a small village.
Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation – what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
I’m a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone’s life.
I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.
A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.
Be who you are and be that well.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.
I feel like life is really short, and it’s important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it’s a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can’t escape challenges; they are part of life.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
You can’t respect yourself if you’re afraid to be who you are.
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
A hero is a man who does what he can.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
In every age ‘the good old days’ were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
People just see the shine. They don’t see the grind, the bags under my eyes. It was a lot of grinding, setbacks… I ain’t finna let nothing stop me. Wherever I stop at, I already know who I am.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
I like a man who looks like a bad boy but knows how to treat a woman like a queen.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.
Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.
Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the ‘why’ for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any ‘how.’
A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Sometimes you’ve got to put your realistic glasses on and see who you are.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.