Inspiring Quotes on Success, Life and Change

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Albert Einstein
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
William Shakespeare
They can because they think they can.
Virgil
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.
Aristotle Onassis
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a
second time.
Josh Billings
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool
about it.
W.C. Fields
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Mahatma andhi
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma andhi
you must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma andhi
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Mahatma andhi
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2ive as if you were to die tomorrow. 2earn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma andhi
A 34o3 uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 35es3 merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid
trouble.
Mahatma andhi
The greatness of a nation can be 6udged by the way its animals are treated.
Mahatma andhi
4obody can hurt me without my permission.
Mahatma andhi
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Mahatma andhi
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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Mahatma andhi
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Action e&presses priorities.
Mahatma andhi
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma andhi
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5ou don3t have to deserve your mother3s love. 5ou have to deserve your father3s. >e is more particular.... The
father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother3s always a )emocrat
A light he was to no one but himself.
9oetry is what is lost in translation
robert frost
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
+uddha
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Three things cannot be long hidden! the sun, the moon, and the truth.
+uddha
The mind is everything. (hat you think you become.
+uddha
>appiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
)alai 2ama
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/leep is the best meditation.
)alai 2ama
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AIt is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else3s life with
perfection.B
C Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
AA gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and
when we e&pect nothing in returnB
>ell has three hates! lust, anger and greed.B
4o one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to comeB
The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.B
For certain
For certain is death for the born... nd certain is birth for the dead... Therefore, over the inevitable Thou
shouldst not grieve...
!either in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
"uman is made by his#her belief. s he#she believes, so he#she is.
-the gita
3trust the people seeking the truth and not the ones who claim to have found it3
-omments about your performance !
I believe I did ok without rambling on for umpteen pages. +asically talked about how continous innovation is
what is needed for sustained development and that it is the people who treaded along the unconventional who
came up with pathbreaking theories"invention DEuoted e&amples of )arwin, -opernicus and from an Indian
conte&t, /am 9itroda, 4arayan Murthy, +. Muthuraman etc.
There is no tomorrow. There is only planet which turns on its a&is and creatures living in fantasy.
9erformance D I think I did fine considering the practice I had. Tried to relate with 2ife -ycle D transformation
from birth to death. Tried to s#ueeFe in some +ig +ang stuff, )ooms )ay conspiracies, Mahabharat ..
!GToday3s world can be classified into 7 groups!slaves and freemen.A person who cannot devote twoDthird of a
day for himself is a slave even if he is an industrialist,a statesman or an official.G
!D+eware of the barrenness of busy life
Fools and fanatics are certain about things but wiser people are notG
I started with Albert <istein #uote saying, GThere are two things in world that are infinite, universe and human
stupidity. Though i am not sure about the former.G I wrote who can be termed as fool and fanatics and why are
they sure about things because they are driven by parochial attitude and a very dogmatic approach. /ometimes
fanatics take decisions only to ensure that their points are accepted even when they know that they are wrong. I
wrote tha wise people are unsure because they always try to figure out reasons and try to understand things
better, which results into indecisiveness. There is a four dimensional apporach of taking decision. /ingle
dimension is based on self perception. Two dimensional based on opinions and self perception. Three
dimensional when two dimensional model is given a knowledge resource and the fourth dimension is
innovation.
A<verything is funny as long as it is happening to /omebody <lseB H(ill RogersI.
A2et not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard himB HRalph (aldo <mersonI.
AThe minute you start talking about what you3re going to do if you lose, you have lostB Heorge /chultFI.
A(hat we think, we becomeB HThe +uddhaI.
Aod enters by a private door into every individualB HRalph (aldo <mersonI.
A/weet mercy is nobilityJs true badgeB H/hakespeareI.
A)o what you feel in your heart is right anyway K for youJll be criticiFed anyway. 5ouJll be damned if you do,
damned if you donJtB H<leanor RooseveltI.
A4ot all who wander are lostB H0. R. R. TolkeinI.
A<veryone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybodyB HMark TwainI.
AIt is our choicesL that show what we truly are, far more than our abilitiesB H0. M. RowlingI.
A)onJt let yesterday use up too much of todayB H(ill RogersI.
AThe best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else upB HMark TwainI.
A)o not offer a complement and ask a favor at the same time. A complement that is charged for is not valuableB
HMark TwainI.
A>istory is the version of past events that people have decided to agree uponB H4apoleanI.
G(e must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as foolsG HMartin 2uther Ming, 0r.I.
A2ittle by little, one travels farB H0. R. R. TolkeinI.
A4othing in life is certain e&cept death and ta&esB H+en6amin Franklin
A)o unto others as you would have them do unto you.B K From AThe <agle and the Fo&B
AThe greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.B K From AThe Farmer and the /nakeB
A+irds of a feather flock together.B K From AThe Farmer and the /torkB
A4o arguments will give courage to the coward.B K From AThe Fawn and >is MotherB
A;nited we stand, divided we fall.B K From AThe Father and >is /onsB
ATo the selfish all are selfish.B K From AThe Fo& and the +rambleB
AMisery loves company.B K From AThe Fo& (ho 2ost >is TaleB
A2ook before you leap.B K From AThe Fo& and the oatB
A+etter no rule than cruel rule.B K From AThe Frogs )esiring a MingB
A/low but steady wins the race.B K From AThe Tortoise and the >areB
AIn unity there is strength.B
Ralph Abernathy
GI don3t know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.G
G+ring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and
even your national guards. +ut let the record show we ain3t going to be turned around.G
G-hristians should be ready for a change because 0esus was the greatest changer in history.G
GI3m sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying
of a cancerous disease.G
Muhammad Ali
GA man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his
life.G
GFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee.G
G>ating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn3t matter which color does the hating.
It3s 6ust plain wrong.G
GIt3s not bragging if you can back it up.G
GA rooster crows only when it sees the light. 9ut him in the dark and he3ll never crow. I have seen
the light and I3m crowing.G
GAge is whatever you think it is. 5ou are as old as you think you are.G
GFriendship is the hardest thing in the world to e&plain. It3s not something you learn in school. +ut
if you haven3t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven3t learned anything.G
G>e who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.G
GThe man who has no imagination has no wings.G
Marian Anderson
G5ou lose a lot of time, hating people.G
GFear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.G
GAs long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it
means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.G
G9re6udice is like a hair across your cheek. 5ou can3t see it, you can3t find it with your fingers, but
you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.G
G4one of us is responsible for the comple&ion of his skin. The fact of nature offers no clue to the
character or #uality of the person underneath.G
Maya Angelou
G(e may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.G
GI can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.G
GThe idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the
heart.G
GI have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.G
G9re6udice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present
inaccessible.G
James Baldwin
GAmerican history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anyone has
ever said about it.G
GAny writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy
against the cultivation of his talent.G
GAnyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how e&tremely e&pensive it is to be poor.G
G-hildren have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to
imitate them.G
G<ducation is indoctrination if you3re white D sub6ugation if you3re black.G
GI imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once
hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.G
George Washington Carver
GFear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the
hater.G
G<ducation is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.G
GI love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which od speaks to use
every hour, if we will only tune in.G
G4o individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving something
behind.G
GThere is no short cut to achievement. 2ife re#uires thorough preparation D veneer isn3t worth
anything.G
Bill Cosby
G)ecide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.G
Gray hair is od3s graffiti.G
G>uman beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.G
GI don3t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.G
GIt3s not a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that3s beautiful.G
Ossie Davis
G/truggle is strengthening. +attling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.G
GAny form of art is a form of powerN it has impact, it can affect change. It cannot only move us, it
makes us move.G
GI find in being black, a thing of beautyN a 6oyN a strengthN a secret cup of gladness.G
GIt3s not the man, it3s the plan. It3s not the rap, it3s the map.G
Frederic Douglass
GA battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a
great nation re#uires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.G
GA gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.G
GA little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any
people.G
GIf there is not struggle, there is no progress.G
GIt is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.G
GThe life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.G
W! "! B! DuBois
GTo be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of
hardships.G
GThe cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.G
GThe problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.G
G@ne ever feels his twoness D an American, a 4egroN two souls, two thoughts, two unrecoiled
strivingsN two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being
torn asunder.G
GThere is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul
cannot be permanently chained.G
G+elieve in human lifeOG
G<ducation is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls,
which molds and develops men.G
G4ow is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our
best work can be done and not some future day or future year.G
#angston $ughes
G>old fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.G
GI will not take 3but3 for an answer.G
GI swear to the 2ord I still can3t see why )emocracy means everybody but me.G
G2ike a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.G
G(hile over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken! /erve D and hate will die unborn. 2ove D
and chains are broken.G
%ora &eale $urston
GA thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.G
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.G
GIt seems that fighting is a game where everybody is a loser.G
GIt seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your
morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.G
GResearch is formaliFed curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.G
Mae Jemison
GMore women should demand to be involved. It3s our right.G
G4ever be limited by other people3s limited imaginations... If you adopt their attitudes, then the
possibility won3t e&ist because you3ll have already shut it out.G
GIt is important for scientists to be aware of what our discoveries mena, socially and politically.G
GI3m very aware of the fact that I3m not the first AfricanDAmerican woman who had the skills, the
talent, the desire to be an astronaut. I happen to be the first one 4A/A selected.G
Martin #uther 'ing(Jr!
G9eace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.G
G2ife3s most persistent and urgent #uestion is, 3(hat are you doing for othersP3G
GThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence
plus character D that is the goal of true education.G
4othing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.G
GA riot is the language of the unheard.G
Malcolm )
G<ducation is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.G
GIf you don3t stand for something you will fall for anything.G
GI believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of
their color.G
GIf you3re not ready to die for it, put the word 3freedom3 out of your vocabulary.G
GMy alma mater was books, a good library D I could spend the rest of my life reading, 6ust satisfing
my curiosity.G
Toni Morrison
G+lack literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.G
G<verywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.G
GFreeing yourself was one thingN claiming ownership of that freed self was another.G
GI get angry about things, then go on and work.G
GIf there3s a book you really want to read, but it hasn3t been written yet, you must write it.G
Jesse Owens
GFind the good. It3s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you3ll start believing in it.G
GThe battles that count aren3t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself D the invisible,
inevitable battles inside all of us D that3s where it3s at.G
GThe only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.G
G(e all have dreams. +ut in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of
determination, dedication, selfDdiscipline, and effort.G
*osa +ars
GI would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and e#uality and 6ustice and
prosperity for all people.G
GI knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.G
GI have learned over the years that when one3s mind is made up, this dimishes fearN knowing what
must be done does away with fear.G
G>ave you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you 6ust pull the scar off of it over
and over againPG
GI do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better
day, but I don3t think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot
of Mlan activity and racism.G
Colin +owell
GA dream doesn3t become reality through magicN it takes sweat, determination and hard work.G
G)on3t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.G
G<&perts often possess more data than 6udgment.G
Get mad, then get over it.G
G(ar should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that
our people understand and support.G
G9erpetual optimism is a forceful multiplier.G
GFit no stereotypes. )on3t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach
best accomplishes the team3s mission.G
,o-ourner Truth
GThat little man in black over there, he says women can3t have as much rights as men, 3cause -hrist
wasn3t a womanO (here did your -hrist come fromP From od and a womanO Man had nothing to
do with >im.G
GIf women want any rights more than they3s got, why don3t they 6ust take them, and not be talking
about it.G
GReligion without humanity is very poor human stuff.G
$arriet Tubman
GI grew up like a neglected weed D ignorant of liberty, having no e&perience of it.G
GEuaker3s almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every
time.G
GI never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.G
Booer T! Washington
G-haracter is power.G
GI shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.G
GIf you can3t read, it3s going to be hard to realiFe dreams.G
G4o race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a
poem.G
G<&cellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.G
-owards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once
The quotations below offer various definitions for various terms. These quotations can
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quotations. If you agree, use the quotation as a hook and agree with it. If you disagree,
then prove the famous person quoted incorrect. Remember, just because someone is
famous doesnt mean that he or she is always right.
Achievement
All great achievements require time (Maya Angelou).
I dont measure America by its achievement but by its potential (Shirley
hisholm).
I! you !ear ma"ing anyone mad# then you ultimately probe !or the lo$est
common denominator o! human achievement (%immy arter).
&nly human beings can !eel a!!ection !or each other# and this is the
highest achievement they can aspire to (Ale'ander So(henitsyn).
)he credit belongs to the man $ho is actually in the arena# $hose !ace is
marred by dust and s$eat and blood# $ho "no$s the great enthusiasms# the
great devotions# and spends himsel! in a $orthy cause* $ho at best# i! he $ins#
"no$s the thrills o! high achievement# and# i! he !ails# at least !ails daring greatly#
so that his place shall never be $ith those cold and timid souls $ho "no$
neither victory nor de!eat (%ohn +. ,ennedy).
-eauty
.e delight in the beauty o! the butter!ly# but rarely admit the changes it
has gone through to achieve that beauty (Maya Angelou).
)he pursuit o! truth and beauty is a sphere o! activity in $hich $e are
permitted to remain children all our lives (Albert /instein).
)he mathematical sciences particularly e'hibit order# symmetry# and
limitation* and these are the greatest !orms o! the beauti!ul (Aristotle).
As a $hite candle In a holy place# So is the beauty &! an aged !ace
(%oseph ampbell).
-eauty o! $hatever "ind# in its supreme development# invariably e'cites
the sensitive soul to tears (/dgar Allen 0oe).
)hin" o! all the beauty still le!t around you and be happy (Anne +ran").
-elie!
0eople can be believers# atheists# or agnostics. Im an agnostic. Im 123
sure that there is no 4od# but i! Im agnostic# I dont have to e'plain mysel!
(5obert .elsh).
I $ould rather have a mind opened by $onder than one closed by belie!
(4erry Spence).
6ive your belie!s and you can turn the $orld around (7enry 8avid
)horeau).
A belie! $hich leaves no place !or doubt is not a belie!* it is a superstition
(%ose ). -ergamin).
-elie! in the truth commences $ith the doubting o! all those 9truths $e
once believed (+riedrich :iet(sche).
-elie! consists in accepting the a!!irmations o! the soul* unbelie!# in
denying them. Some minds are incapable o! s"epticism (5alph .aldo
/merson).
-oo"s
Any boo" that helps a child to !orm a habit o! reading# to ma"e reading
one o! his deep and continuing needs# is good !or him (Maya Angelou).
lassic. A boo" $hich people praise and dont read (Mar" )$ain).
-oo"s $ill spea" plain $hen counselors blanch (+rancis -acon).
)he $orld o! boo"s is the most remar"able creation o! man. :othing else
that he builds ever lasts. Monuments !all* nations perish* civili(ations gro$ old
and die out* and# a!ter an era o! dar"ness# ne$ races build others. -ut in the
$orld o! boo"s are volumes that have seen this happen again and again# and yet
live on# still young# still as !resh as the day they $ere $ritten# still telling mens
hearts o! the hearts o! men centuries dead (larence 8ay).
-oo"s are the quietest and most constant o! !riends* they are the most
accessible and $isest counsellors# and the most patient o! teachers (harles
/liot).
5ead the best boo"s !irst# or you may not have a chance to read them at
all (7enry 8avid )horeau).
.hen I am "ing# they shall not have bread and shelter only# but also
teachings out o! boo"s# !or a !ull belly is little $orth $here the mind is starved
(Mar" )$ain).
I! this nation is to be $ise as $ell as strong# i! $e are to achieve our
destiny# then $e need more ne$ ideas !or more $ise men reading more good
boo"s in more public libraries (%ohn +. ,ennedy).
)he man $ho doesnt read good boo"s has no advantage over the man
$ho cant read them (Mar" )$ain).
A room $ithout a boo" is li"e a body $ithout a soul (icero).
ensorship
-oo"s $ont stay banned. )hey $ont burn. Ideas $ont go to ;ail. In the
long run o! history# the censor and the inquisitor have al$ays lost (A. .hitney
4ris$old).
I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a
system o! censorship that $ould deny to the people o! a !ree republic li"e our
o$n their indisputable right to critici(e their o$n public o!!icials (.oodro$
.ilson).
)he censorship method ... is that o! handing the ;ob over to some !rail and
erring mortal man# and ma"ing him omnipotent on the assumption that his
o!!icial status $ill ma"e him in!allible and omniscient (4eorge -ernard Sha$).
... censorship o!ten boils do$n to some male ;udges getting to read a lot
o! dirty boo"s<$ith one hand (5obin ). Morgan).
-ut the truth is# that $hen a 6ibrary e'pels a boo" o! mine and leaves an
une'purgated -ible lying around $here unprotected youth and age can get hold
o! it# the deep unconscious irony o! it delights me and doesn=t anger me (Mar"
)$ain).
ensorship is never over !or those $ho have e'perienced it. It is a brand
on the imagination that a!!ects the individual $ho has su!!ered it# !orever
(:adine 4ordimer).
hange
I am not an advocate !or !requent changes in la$s and onstitutions. -ut
la$s and institutions must go hand in hand $ith the progress o! the human
mind ()homas %e!!erson).
hange alone is eternal# perpetual# immortal (Arthur Schopenhauer).
7e $ho re;ects change is the architect o! decay. )he only human
institution $hich re;ects progress is the cemetery (0rime Minister 7arold
.ilson).
haracter
haracter $ants room* must not be cro$ded on by persons# nor be ;udged
!rom glimpses got in the press o! a!!airs# or on !e$ occasions. It needs
perspective# as a great building (5alph .aldo /merson).
haracter is li"e a tree and reputation li"e its shado$. )he shado$ is $hat
$e thin" o! it* the tree is the real thing (Abraham 6incoln).
:early all men can stand adversity# but i! you $ant to test a mans
character# give him po$er (Abraham 6incoln).
haracter cannot be developed by ease and quiet. &nly through
e'perience o! trial and su!!ering can the soul be strengthened# ambition inspired#
and success achieved (7elen ,eller).
.hen the character o! a man is not clear to you# loo" at his !riends
(%apanese 0roverb).
>ou can tell the character o! every man by ho$ he accepts praise
(Seneca).
haracter teaches above our $ills (5alph .aldo /merson).
haracter contributes to beauty. It !orti!ies a $oman as her youth !ades. A
mode o! conduct# a standard o! courage# discipline# !ortitude and integrity can
do a great deal to ma"e a $oman beauti!ul (%acqueline -isset).
A mans character is his !ate (7eraclitus).
harity
harity creates a multitude o! sins (&scar .ilde).
harity# li"e poetry# should be cultivated# i! only !or its being grace!ul
(7erman Melville).
harity brings to li!e again those $ho are spiritually dead (St. )homas
Aquinas).
harity and ;ustice are $orth one thousand ounces o! goal (hinese
0roverb).
>ou are much surer that you are doing good $hen you pay money to
those $ho $or"# as the recompense o! their labour# than $hen you give money
merely in charity (Samuel %ohnson).
&ne o! the serious obstacles to the improvement o! our race is
indiscriminate charity (Andre$ arnegie).
-e charitable be!ore $ealth ma"es thee covetous (Sir )homas -ro$ne).
)he charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds# ceases to be charity#
and is only pride and ostentation (.illiam 7utton).
harity does not li"e arithmetic* sel!ishness $orships it (Mason ooley).
ivil 5ights
)his :ation $as !ounded by men o! many nations and bac"grounds. It $as
!ounded on the principle that all men are created equal# and that the rights o!
every man are diminished $hen the rights o! one man are threatened (%ohn +.
,ennedy).
Segregation is the adultery o! an illicit intercourse bet$een in;ustice and
immorality (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
)he ivil rights o! none shall be abridged on account o! religious belie! or
$orship# nor shall any national religion be established# nor shall the !ull and
equal rights o! conscience be in any manner# or on any prete't# be in!ringed
(%ames Madison).
)here are those $ho say to you<$e are rushing this issue o! civil rights. I
say $e are ?@A years late (7ubert 7umphrey).
.e can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are !irst
restored. .e $ill never be recogni(ed as citi(ens here until $e are !irst
recogni(ed as humans (Malcolm B).
)here are those $ho say $e can stop no$# America is a colorCblind
society. -ut it isn=t there yet. )here are those $ho say $e have a level playing
!ield# but $e don=t yet. )here are those $ho say that all you need is to climb up
on your bootstraps# but there are too many Americans $ho don=t have boots#
much less bootstraps (olin 0o$ell).
ourage
ourage is resistance to !ear# mastery o! !ear# not absence o! !ear (Mar"
)$ain).
ourage is contagious. .hen a brave man ta"es a stand# the spines o!
others are o!ten sti!!ened (-illy 4raham).
)he courage o! li!e is o!ten a less dramatic spectacle than the courage o! a
!inal moment* but it is no less a magni!icent mi'ture o! triumph and tragedy
(%ohn +. ,ennedy).
7e $ho is not courageous enough to ta"e ris"s $ill accomplish nothing in
li!e (Muhammed Ali).
Most o! us have !ar more courage than $e ever dreamed $e possessed
(8ale arnegie).
ourage is simply the $illingness to be a!raid and act any$ay (5obert
Anthony).
All o! us have moments in our lives that test our courage. )a"ing children
into a house $ith a $hite carpet is one o! them (/rma -ombec").
It ta"es a great deal o! courage to stand up to your enemies# but even
more to stand up to your !riends (%. ,. 5o$ling).
ourage is rightly esteemed the !irst o! human qualitiesD because it is the
quality $hich guarantees all others (.inston hurchill).
8eath
)is a!ter death that $e measure men (%ames -arron 7ope).
E&ne death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statisticE (%oseph Stalin).
I submit to you that i! a man hasnt discovered something he $ill die !or#
he isnt !it to live (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
8eath is more universal than li!e* everyone dies but not everyone lives
(A. Sachs).
8o not !ear death so much# but rather the inadequate li!e (-ertolt -recht).
I! you live past one hundred# youve got it made. Fery !e$ people die past
that age (4eorge -urns).
6i!e is pleasant. 8eath is peace!ul. Its the transition thats troublesome
(Isaac Asimov).
8eath# the most dreaded o! all evils# is there!ore o! no concern to us* !or
$hile $e e'ist death is not present# and $hen death is present $e no longer
e'ist (/picurus).
All say# E7o$ hard it is that $e have to dieECC a strange complaint to come
!rom the mouths o! people $ho have had to live (Mar" )$ain).
0ity is !or the living* envy is !or the dead (Mar" )$ain).
8eath is a shado$ that al$ays !ollo$s the body (/nglish 0roverb).
7o$ !righteningly !e$ are the persons $hose death $ould spoil our
appetite and ma"e the $orld seem empty (/ric 7o!!er).
Eomplete adaptation to environment means death. )he essential point in
all response is the desire to control environmentE (%ohn 8e$ey).
8emocracy
8emocracy is $hen the indigent# and not the men o! property# are the
rulers (Aristotle).
8emocracy cannot succeed unless those $ho e'press their choice are
prepared to choose $isely. )he real sa!eguard o! democracy# there!ore# is
education (+ran"lin 8. 5oosevelt).
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented# including the
;er"s (hris 0atten).
)he unconscious democracy o! America is a very !ine thing. It is a true
and a deep and instinctive assumption o! the equality o! citi(ens# $hich even
voting and elections have not destroyed (4. ,. hesterton).
Mans capacity !or ;ustice ma"es democracy possible# but mans
inclination to in;ustice ma"es democracy necessary (5einhold :iebuhr).
Men $rite many !ine and plausible arguments in support o! monarchy# but
the !act remains that $here every man in a state has a vote# brutal la$s are
impossible (Mar" )$ain).
8emocracy sho$s not only its po$er in re!orming governments# but in
regenerating a race o! men<and this is the greatest blessing o! !ree
governments (Andre$ %ac"son).
EA democracy is more than a !orm o! government* it is primarily a mode o!
associated living# o! con;oint communicated e'perienceE (%ohn 8e$ey).
8reams
)he dreamer dies# but never dies the dreamD (8ana -urnet).
.hat happens to a dream de!erredG H 8oes it dry up H li"e a raisin in the
sunG D &r does it e'plodeG (6angston 7ughes).
I have a dream that one day this nation $ill rise up and live out the true
meaning o! its creedI .e hold these truths to be sel!Cevident# that all mean are
created equalD (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
&ptimistI 8ayCdreamer more elegantly spelled (Mar" )$ain).
>ou see things# and you say# 9.hyG -ut I dream things that never $ere*
and I say 9.hy notG (4eorge -ernard Sha$).
E)he !uture belongs to those $ho believe in the beauty o! their dreamsE
(/leanor 5oosevelt).
)o accomplish great things# $e must dream as $ell as act (Anatole
+rance).
8reams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that dont (-rett
-utler).
&pen your heart# !ling your hopes high# set your dreams alo!t (Maya
Angelou).
It does not do to dream and !orget to live (%. ,. 5o$ling).
/ducation
/ducation is not a problem. /ducation is an opportunity (6yndon -.
%ohnson).
&nly the educated are !ree (/pictetus).
8emocracy cannot succeed unless those $ho e'press their choice are
prepared to choose $isely. )he real sa!eguard o! democracy# there!ore# is
education (+ran"lin 8. 5oosevelt).
)he great aim o! education is not "no$ledge but action (7erbert
Spencer).
Jpon the education o! the people o! this country the !ate o! this country
depends (-en;amin 8israeli).
An education isnt ho$ much you have committed to memory# or even
ho$ much you "no$. Its being able to di!!erentiate bet$een $hat you do "no$
and $hat you dont (.illiam +eather).
/ducationI that $hich reveals to the $ise# and conceals !rom the stupid#
the vast limits o! their "no$ledge (Mar" )$ain).
-y educating the young generation along the right lines# the 0eoples
State $ill have to see to it that a generation o! man"ind is !ormed $hich $ill be
adequate to this supreme combat that $ill decide the destinies o! the $orld
(Adolph 7itler).
)he bene!its o! education and o! use!ul "no$ledge# generally di!!used
through a community# are essential to the preservation o! a !ree government
(Sam 7ouston).
/ducation# then beyond all other devices o! human origin# is the great
equali(er o! the conditions o! men# C the balanceC$heel o! the social
machinery(7orace Mann).
/very child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the
ability to ta"e. .e $ant this not only !or his sa"e K but !or the nations sa"e
(6yndon -. %ohnson).
E/ducation is not a preparation !or li!e* education is li!e itsel!E (%ohn
8e$ey).
/nvy
8ont envy the sinner* you dont "no$ $hat disaster a$aits him ()he
-ible).
It is better to be envied than pitied (7erodotus).
/nvy is the ulcer o! the soul (Socrates).
/nvy and ;ealousy are the private parts o! the human soul. 0erhaps the
comparison can be e'tended (+riedrich :iet(shce).
& be$are# my lord# o! ;ealousyL It is the greenCeyed monster $hich doth
moc" )he meat it !eeds on (Sha"espeare).
/quality
6egislation to apply the principle o! equal pay !or equal $or" $ithout
discrimination because o! se' is a matter o! simple ;ustice (8$ight 8.
/isenho$er).
All animals are equal# -ut some animals are more equal than others
(4eorge &r$ell).
Section ?. /quality o! rights under the la$ shall not be denied or abridged
by the Jnited States or by any state on account o! se'. Section A. )he ongress
shall have the po$er to en!orce# by appropriate legislation# the provisions o! this
article. Section M. )his amendment shall ta"e e!!ect t$o years a!ter the date o!
rati!ication (/qual 5ights Amendment).
)he only stable state is that in $hich all men are equal be!ore the la$
(Aristotle).
A $omans as"ing !or equality in the church $ould be comparable to a
blac" persons demanding equality in the ,u ,lu' ,lan (Mary 8aly).
)he craving !or equality can e'press itsel! either as a desire to pull
everyone do$n to our o$n level (by belittling them# e'cluding them# tripping
them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along $ith everyone else (by
ac"no$ledging them# helping them# and re;oicing in their success (+riedrich
:iet(sche).
Evil
)he only thing necessary !or the triumph o! evil is !or good men to do
nothing (Jn"no$n).
/verything proceeds as i! o! its o$n accord# and this can all too easily
tempt us to rela' and let things ta"e their course $ithout troubling over details.
Such indi!!erence is the root o! all evil (I hing).
)hose $ho love pain and su!!ering o! othersD $ear many !aces and go by
many disguises# but there is only one name !or themI evil. )here is no
understanding it. All $e can do is pity and honor the victims (hristopher
0aolini).
)he $orld is a dangerous place not because o! those $ho do evil# but
because o! those $ho loo" on and do nothing (Albert /instein).
-e not overcome $ith evil# but overcome evil $ith good (5omans ?AIA?).
/vil denotes the lac" o! good. :ot every absence o! good is an evil# !or
absence may be ta"en either in a purely negative or in a privative sense
()homas Aquinas).
/vil is ... a moral entity and not a created one# an eternal and not a
perishable entityI it e'isted be!ore the $orld* it constituted the monstrous# the
e'ecrable being $ho $as also to !ashion such a hideous $orld. It $ill hence
e'ist a!ter the creatures $hich people this $orld (Marquis de Sade).
/vil dra$s men together (Aristotle).
/vil is obvious only in retrospect (4loria Steinem).
)he ultimate $ea"ness o! violence is that it is a descending spiral#
begetting the very thing it see"s to destroy. Instead o! diminishing evil# it
multiplies it (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
Failure
+ailure is instructive. )he person $ho really thin"s learns quite as much
!rom his !ailures as !rom his successes.
Family
)he !amily is both the !undamental unit o! society as $ell as the root o!
culture. It represents a childs initial source o! unconditional love and
acceptance and provides li!elong connectedness $ith others (Marianne :ei!ert).
)he !amily endures because it o!!ers the truth o! mortality and immortality
$ithin the same group. )he !amily endures because# better than the commune#
"ibbut(# or classroom# it seems to individuali(e and sociali(e its children# to
ma"e us !eel at the same time unique and yet ;oined to all humanity# accepted as
is and yet challenged to gro$# loved unconditionally and yet propelled by greater
e'pectations (6etty ottin 0ogrebin).
/very !amily has bad memories (Mario 0u(o).
+amily li!e is not a computer program that runs on its o$n* it needs
continual input !rom everyone (:eil ,urshan).
+amily isnt about $hose blood you have. Its about $ho you care about
()rey 0ar"er and Matt Stone).
-eing in a !amily is li"e being in a play. /ach birth order position is li"e a
di!!erent part in a play# $ith distinct and separate characteristics !or each part
(%ane :elson).
+atherhood
N+atherhoodO is the single most creative# complicated# !ul!illing#
!rustrating# engrossing# enriching# depleting endeavor o! a mans adult li!e (,yle
8. 0ruett).
+atherhood# li"e marriage# is a constant struggle against your limitations
and sel!Cinterests. -ut the urge to be a per!ect !ather is there# because your child
is a per!ect gi!t (,ent ). :erburn).
It is a $ise child that "no$s its o$n !ather# and an unusual one that
unreservedly approves o! him (Mar" )$ain).
)he maelstrom o! !atherhood is a chance to sho$ grace under real
pressure# to be cool despite the chaos o! your sons room. )hats something
thats $orth a !ello$s time (7ugh &:eill).
)he moral o! todays story is that !atherhood is super!luous. )he moral o!
the ne$ story must be that !atherhood is essential (8avid -lan"enhorn).
My !atherhood made me understand my parents and to honor them more
!or the love they gave (,ent ). :erburn).
+ear
+ear o! a name increases !ear o! the thing itsel! (%. ,. 5o$ling).
6et us never negotiate out o! !ear. -ut let us never !ear to negotiate (%ohn
+. ,ennedy).
6et me assert my !irm belie! that the only thing $e have to !ear is !ear
itsel!D (+ran"lin 8. 5oosevelt).
+ear is the main source o! superstition# and one o! the main sources o!
cruelty. )o conquer !ear is the beginning o! $isdom (-ertrand 5ussell).
A timid person is !rightened be!ore a danger# a co$ard during the time#
and a courageous person a!ter$ard (%ean 0aul 5ichter).
In time $e hate that $hich $e o!ten !ear (Sha"espeare).
>ou can discover $hat your enemies !ear most by observing the means he
uses to !righten you (/ric 7o!!er).
It is much more secure to be !eared than to be loved (Machiavelli).
+orgiveness
Jproot guilt and so$ !orgivenessD thereby# ma"ing the present
com!ortable and the !uture promising (Maya Angelou).
It is easier to !orgive and enemy than to !orgive a !riend (.illiam -la"e).
)he $ea" can never !orgive. +orgiveness is the attribute o! the strong
(4andhi).
+orgive your enemies# but never !orget their names (%ohn +. ,ennedy).
)o err is human* to !orgive# divine (Ale'ander 0ope).
Anger ma"es you smaller# $hile !orgiveness !orces you to gro$ beyond
$hat you $ere (herie arterCScott).
Al$ays !orgive your enemies K nothing annoys them so much (&scar
.ilde).
+orgiveness is a !unny thing. It $arms the heart and cools the sting
(.illiam A. .ard).
+reedom
I believe that !reedom is the deepest need o! every human soul (4eorge
.. -ush).
.hen $e lose the right to be di!!erent# $e lose the privilege to be !ree
(harles /van 7ughes).
)hose $ho e'pect to reap the blessings o! !reedom# must# li"e men#
undergo the !atigues o! supporting it ()homas 0aine).
.henever men ta"e the la$ into their o$n hands# the loser is the la$. And
$hen the la$ loses# !reedom languishes (5obert ,ennedy).
.ithout +reedom o! )hought# there can be no such )hing as .isdom* and
no such )hing as public" 6iberty# $ithout +reedom o! Speech (-en;amin
+ran"lin).
+reedom means the opportunity to be $hat $e never thought $e $ould
be (8aniel %. -oorstin).
6i!e $ithout liberty is li"e a body $ithout spirit (,ahlil 4ibran).
+reedom to learn is the !irst necessity o! guaranteeing that man himsel!
shall be sel!Creliant enough to be !ree (+ran"lin 8. 5oosevelt).
+riendship
In the end# $e $ill remember not the $ords o! our enemies# but the silence
o! our !riends (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
/ach has his past shut in him li"e the leaves o! a boo" "no$n to him by
heart and his !riends can only read the title (Firginia .ool!).
8o not $al" in !ront o! me K I may not !ollo$. 8o not $al" behind me K I
may not lead. %ust $al" beside me and be my !riend (Albert amus).
Mis!ortune sho$s those $ho are not really !riends (Aristotle).
I no doubt deserved my enemies# but I dont believe I deserved my
!riends (.alt .hitman).
.hat is a !riendG A single soul in t$o bodies (Aristotle).
8o not !orget to be "ind to strangers. +or some $ho have done this have
entertained angels $ithout reali(ing it (7ebre$s ?MIA).
Glory
4lory is !leeting# but obscurity is !orever (:apolean).
&ur greatest glory is not in never !alling# but in rising every time $e !all (on!ucius).
4ray hair is a cro$n o! glory* it is gained in a righteous li!e (0roverbs ?PIM?).
Avoid shame but do not see" glory<nothing so e'pensive as glory (Sydney Smith).
And all o! us# $ith unveiled !aces# seeing the glory o! the 6ord as though re!lected in a mirror# are
being trans!ormed into the same image !rom one degree o! glory to another... (II orinthians MI?Q).
)he deed is everything# the glory naught (%ohann .ol!gang Fon 4oethe).
Goals
EArriving at one goal is the starting point to anotherE (%ohn 8e$ey).
E.ithout some goals and some e!!orts to reach it# no man can liveE (%ohn 8e$ey).
God
4od proved 7is love on the ross. .hen hrist hung# and bled# and died# it $a
$orld# 9I love you (-illy 4raham).
4od may be subtle# but he isnt plain mean (Albert /instein).
4od is deadL 4od remains deadL And $e have "illed himL (+riedrich :iet(sche).
4od is our !ortress (Sha"espeare).
)he riddles o! 4od are more satis!ying than the solutions o! man (4. ,. hesterton).
4od al$ays strives together $ith those $ho strive (Aeschylus).
4od Almighty hates a quitter (Samuel +essenden).
4od and ountry are an unbeatable team* they brea" all records !or oppression and bloodshed
(6uis -unuel).
4od gave man a mouth to receive bread# hands to !eed it# and his hand has a right to carry bread to
his mouth $ithout controversy (Abraham 6incoln).
4od cannot be seenI he is too bright !or sight* nor graspedI he is too pure !or touch* nor measuredI
!or he is beyond all sense# in!inite# measureless# his dimension "no$n to himsel! alone (+eli'
Minucius).
Government
It $as once said that the moral test o! government is ho$ that government treats those $ho
the da$n o! li!e# the children* those $ho are in the t$ilight o! li!e# the elderly* and those $ho are in
the shado$s o! li!e K the sic"# the needy and the handicapped (7ubert 7. 7umphrey).
All government is an ugly necessity (4. ,. hesterton).
/very country has the government it deserves (%oseph Marie de Maistre).
&ur $hole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought o! giving government the po$er to control
mens minds ()hurgood Marshall).
-y de!inition# a government has no conscience* sometimes it has a policy# but nothing more
(Albert amus).
+or every action there is an equal and opposite government program (-ob .ells).
4overnment is the great !iction# through $hich everybody endeavors to live at the e'pense o!
everybody else (+rederic -astiat).
Happiness
>ou $ill never be happy i! you continue to search !or $hat happiness consists o! (Albert amus).
8id you ever see an unhappy horseG 8id you ever see a bird that has the bluesG &ne reason $hy
birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses
(8ale arnegie).
7appiness is peace a!ter stri!e# the overcoming o! di!!iculties# the !eeling o! security and $ellCbeing.
)he only really happy !ol" are married $omen and single men (7. 6. Menc"en).
Most !ol"s are about as happy as they ma"e up their minds to be (Abraham 6incoln).
7appiness is that state o! consciousness $hich proceeds !rom the achievement o! ones values
(Ayn 5and).
7appy is he $ho !orgets (ignoresG) $hat cannot be changed (Mar" )$ain).
7appiness is the only sanction o! li!e* $here happiness !ails# e'istence remains a mad and
lamentable e'periment (4eorge Santayana).
7appiness ma"es up in height $hat it lac"s in length (5obert +rost).
Heroes
)rue heroism is remar"able sober# very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at
$hatever cost# but the urge to serve others at $hatever cost (Arthur Ashe).
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man# but he is braver !ive minutes longer (5alph .a
/merson).
)roubled times produce heroes (hinese 0roverb).
+ighting is li"e champagne. It goes to the heads o! co$ards as quic"ly as o! heroes. Any !ool can be
brave on a battle!ield $hen its be brave or else be "illed (Margaret Mitchell).
Athletes are American princes and the loc"er room is their castle. Some o! them behave in princely
!ashion# become legitimate heroes to us all. And some are ;er"s (Anna Ruindlen).
:urture your mind $ith great thoughts* to believe in the heroic ma"es heroes
I thin" o! a hero as someone $ho understands the degree o! responsibility that comes $ith his
!reedom (-ob 8ylan).
)here is a hate layer o! opinion and emotion in America. )here $ill be other Mcarthys to come $ho
$ill be hailed as its heroes (Ma' 6erner).
Hope
.e must accept !inite disappointment# but never lose in!inite hope (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
6earn !rom yesterday# live !or today# hope !or tomorro$. )he important thing is not to stop
questioning (Albert /instein).
7ope is the most sensitive part o! a poor $retchs soul* $hoever raises it only to torment him is
behaving li"e the e'ecutioners in 7ell $ho# they say# incessantly rene$ old $ounds and concentrate
their attention on that area o! it that is already lacerated (Marquis de Sade).
7ope is a $a"ing dream (Aristotle).
7e that lives upon hope $ill die !asting (-en;amin +ran"lin).
7ope is the thing $ith !eathers< )hat perches in the soul< And sings the tunes $ithout the $ords
< And never stops<at all< (/mily 8ic"enson).
7ope is a pathological belie! in the occurrence o! the impossible (7. 6. Menc"en).
7ope is a bad thing. It means that you are not $hat you $ant to be. It means that part o! you is
dead# i! not all o! you. It means that you entertain illusions. Its a sort o! spiritual clap# I should say
(7enry Miller).
7ope springs eternal in the human breastI Man never Is# but al$ays )o be blestD (Ale'ander
0ope).
Jealousy
&# be$are# my lord o! ;ealousyL H It is the greenCeyed monster $hich doth moc" H )he meat it !eeds
on (Sha"espeare).
%ealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love# but it is a secure medium to destroy ones sel!C
respect. +or ;ealous people# li"e dopeC!iends# stoop to the lo$est level and in the end inspire only
disgust and loathing (/mma 4oldman).
Moral indignation is ;ealousy $ith a halo (7. 4. .ells).
%ealousy# that dragon $hich slays love under the pretence o! "eeping it alive (7aveloc" ). /llis).
%ealousy is the !ear o! comparison (Ma' +risch).
%ealousy contains more o! sel!Clove than o! love (8uc 8e 6a 5oche!oucauld +rancois).
/nvy grieves. %ealousy rages (Mason ooley).
Justice
.hether $e bring ;ustice to our enemies or our enemies to ;ustice# ;ustice $ill be done (4eorge ..
-ush).
%ustice is incidental to la$ and order (%. /dgar 7oover).
%ustice resides naturally in peoples hearts (hinese 0roverb).
%ustice prevails over transgression $hen she comes to the end o! the race (7esiod).
%ustice is simply the advantage o! the stronger ()hrasymachus).
%ustice means minding ones o$n business and not meddling $ith other mens concerns (0lato).
)he doctrine o! equalityL... -ut there e'ists no more poisonous poisonI !or it seems to be preached
by ;ustice itsel!# $hile it is the end o! ;ustice.... /quality !or equals# inequality !or unequals that
$ould be the true voice o! ;usticeI and# $hat !ollo$s !rom it# :ever ma"e equal $hat is unequal
(+riedrich :iet(sche).
%ustice in the hands o! the po$er!ul is merely a governing system li"e any other. .hy call it
;usticeG (4eorges -ernanos).
In;ustice any$here is a threat to ;ustice every$here (Martin 6uther ,ing# %r.).
Knowledge
Some$here# something incredible is $aiting to be "no$n (arl Sagan).
0eople are di!!icult to govern because they have too much "no$ledge (6aoCt(u).
,no$ledge is happiness# because to have "no$ledge<broad# deep "no$ledge<is to "no$ true
ends !rom !alse# and lo!ty things !rom lo$ (7elen ,eller).
,no$ledge is the most democratic source o! po$er (Alvin )o!!ler).
,no$ledge !or its o$n sa"e# that is the last snare that morality setsI here one gets all tangled up
in it once again (+riedrich :iet(sche).
,no$ledge is po$er (+rancis -acon).
)he beginning o! "no$ledge is the discovery o! something $e do not understand (+ran" 7erbert).
I! "no$ledge can create problems# it is not through ignorance that $e can solve them (Isaac
Asimov).
)he intellectual "no$ledge o! eternal things pertains to $isdom* the rational "no$ledge o! temporal
things# to science (St. Augustine).
Laughter
Against the assault o! laughter# nothing can stand (Mar" )$ain).
.hen people are laughing# theyre generally not "illing one another (Alan Alda).
Maturity is a bitter disappointment !or $hich no remedy e'ists# unless laughter can be said to
remedy anything (,urt Fonnegut# %r.).
0erhaps I "no$ $hy it is man alone that laughsI 7e alone su!!ers so deeply that he had to invent
laughter (+riedrich :iet(sche).
6aughing is the sensation o! !eeling good all over and sho$ing it principally in one spot (%osh
-illings).
)he most $asted o! all days is one $ithout laughter (e e cummings).
6augh at yoursel! !irst be!ore anyone else can (/lsa Ma'$ell).
>ou cannot be mad at someone $ho ma"es you laugh K its as simple as that (%ay 6eno).
)he laughter o! man is more is more terrible than his tears# and ta"es more !orms K hollo$#
heartless# mirthless# maniacal (%ames )hurber).
)he sound o! laughter is li"e a vaulted dome o! a temple o! happiness (Milan ,undera).
)he human race has only one really e!!ective $eapon# and that is laughter (Mar" )$ain).
Leadership/Leaders
6eadership should be born out o! the understanding o! the needs o! those $ho $ould be a!!ected
by it (Marian Anderson).
.hat counts no$ is not ;ust $hat $e are against# but $hat $e are !or. .ho leads us is less
important than $hat leads us K $hat convictions# $hat courage# $hat !aith K $in or lose. A man
doesnt save a century# or a civili(ation# but a militant party $edded to a principle can (Adlai
Stevenson).
6eadership and learning are indispensable to each other (%ohn +. ,ennedy).
Management is nothing more than motivating people (6ee Iococca).
)he real leader has no need to lead K he is content to point the $ay (7enry Miller).
)he !inal test o! a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the $ill to
carry on (.alter 6ippman).
)he art o! leadership ... consists in consolidating the attention o! the people against a single
adversary and ta"ing care that nothing $ill split up that attention (Adolph 7itler).
Learning
Instead o! giving money to !ound colleges to promote learning# $hy don=t they pass a constitutional
amendment prohibiting anybody !rom learning anythingG I! it $or"s as good as the 0rohibi
did# $hy# in !ive years $e $ould have the smartest race o! people on earth (.ill 5ogers).
6earning $ithout thin"ing is labor lost* thin"ing $ithout learning is dangerous (on!ucius).
6earning is a treasure $hich accompanies its o$ner every$here (hinese 0roverb).
& this learning $hat a thing it isL (Sha"espeare).
7ealth# learning# and virtue $ill ensure your happiness ()homas %e!!erson).
)he art o! leadership ... consists in consolidating the attention o! the people against a single
adversary and ta"ing care that nothing $ill split up that attention (8avid 7ume).
)o raise a son $ithout learning is raising an ass* to raise a daughter $ithout learning is raising a
pig (hinese 0roverb).
4old has a price# but learning is priceless (hinese 0roverb).
Liberty
)he advance o! liberty is the path to both a sa!er and better $orld (4eorge .. -ush).
6iberty doesn=t $or" as $ell in practice as it does in speeches (.ill 5ogers).
8emocracy is t$o $olves and a lamb voting on $hat to have !or lunch. 6ibSberty is a $ellCarmed
lamb contesting the voteL (-en;amin +ran"lin).
6iberty is $orth paying !orD (%ules Ferne).
)hey that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary sa!ety deserve neither liberty
or sa!ety (-en;amin +ran"lin).
6iberty may be endangered by the abuses o! liberty as $ell as by the abuses o! po$er (%ames
Madison).
6iberty is the air that $e Americans breathe. &ur 4overnment is based on the belie! that people can
be both strong and !ree (+ran"lin 8. 5oosevelt).
+or $hy should my liberty be sub;ect to the ;udgment o! someone elses conscienceG (I
orinthians ?TIA1).
Love
ome be $ith me and be my love# And $e $ill some ne$ pleasures prove &! golden sands# and
crystal broo"s# .ith sil"en lines# and silver hoo"s (%ohn 8onne).
6oves $ay o! dealing $ith us is di!!erent !rom consciences $ay. onscience commands* love
inspires. .hat $e do out o! love# $e do because $e $ant to do it (A. %. )oynbee).
6ove gives naught but itsel! and ta"es naught but !rom itsel!. 6ove possesses not nor $ould it be
possessed* +or love is su!!icient unto love (,ahlil 4ibran).
Immature love says# 9I love you because I need you. Mature love says# 9I need you because I love
you (/rich +romm).
)o !ear love is to !ear li!e# and those $ho !ear li!e are already three parts dead (-ertrand 5ussell).
:othing ta"es the taste out o! peanut butter li"e unrequited love (harles M. Shul().
Jnconditional love is loving your "ids !or $ho they are# not !or $hat they do (Stephanie Martson).
6ove is li!e (6eo )olstoy).
6ove is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples
love in the general sense and the love o! a man !or his $i!e are both called love (Anton he"h
I! you $ould be loved# love and be lovable (-en;amin +ran"lin).
Loyalty
)he country is the real thing# the substantial thing# the eternal thing# it is the thing to $atch over
and care !or and be loyal toD (Mar" )$ain).
My honor is my loyalty (7einrich 7immler).
+e$ $hite citi(ens are acquainted $ith blac"s other than those pro;ected by the media and the so<
called educational system# $hich is nothing more than a system o! re$ards and punishments based
upon ones ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. )he media and the educational system
are the prime sources o! racism in the Jnited States (Ishmael 5eed).
)here are loyal hearts# there are spirits brave# )here are souls that are brave and true* )hen give to
the $orld the best you have# And the best $ill come bac" to you (Madeline -ridges.
I! the state is at peace and is as $ellCgoverned as a human community can be# then the citi(ens
loyalty to his country# his services to it in the !orms o! energy# devotion# and !unds# in gene
coincide $ith his o$n vital interests. )he !atherland repays his loyalty by giving him sa!ety# ;ustice#
and sometimes even !reedom. In !ul!illing his patriotic duties he is not per!orming an act o! love.
&nly $hen the !atherland is in danger does his giving become a sacri!ice# his serving a su!!ering# his
loyalty a love (%ohan 7ui(inga).
Motherhood
Motherhood is the second oldest pro!ession in the $orld. It never questions age# height# religious
pre!erence# health# political a!!iliation# citi(enship# morality# ethnic bac"ground# marital status#
economic level# convenience# or previous e'perience (/rma -ombec").
.e honor motherhood $ith glo$ing sentimentality# but $e dont rate it high on the scale o! creative
occupations (6eontine >oung).
)he myth o! motherhood as martyrdom has been bred into $omen# and behavioral scientists have
helped embellish the myth $ith their ideas o! correct !eminine behavior. I! $omen understand that
they do not have to ignore their o$n needs and desires $hen they become mothers# that to be sel!C
interested is not to be sel!ish# it $ill help them to avoid the trap o! overattachment (4race -aruch).
)he art o! motherhood involves much silent# unobtrusive sel!Cdenial# an hourly devotion $hich !inds
no detail too minute (7onore 8e -al(ac).
ombining paid employment $ith marriage and motherhood creates sa!eguards !or emotional $ellC
being (+aye %. rosby).
)he most consistent gi!t and burden o! motherhood is advice (Susan hira).
.hether outside $or" is done by choice or not# $hether $omen see" their identity through $or"#
$hether $omen are searching !or pleasure or survival through $or"# the integration o! motherhood
and the $orld o! $or" is a source o! ambivalence# struggle# and con!lict !or the great ma;ority o!
$omen (Sara 6a$rence 6ight!oot).
Noble/Nobility
"A noble hear cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt" (Jean
Racine).
"A brother noble, Whose nature is so far from doing harms That he suspects none" (William
Shaespeare).
"!f there is an"thing good about nobilit" it is that it enforces the necessit" of avoiding degenerac""
(#oethius).
There are obligations to nobilit"" ($uc de %evis).
Peace
&'eace comes from (ithin. $o not see it (ithout) (The #uddha).
&! feel (ithin me a peace above all earthl" dignities, a still and *uiet conscience) (Shaespeare).
&!t isn+t enough to tal about peace. ,ne must believe in it. And it isn+t enough to believe in it. ,ne
must (or at it) (-leanor Roosevelt).
&-ven peace can be purchased at too high a price) (#en.amin /ranlin).
&'eace begins (ith a smile) (0other Teresa).
&'eace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and
educating people to behave in a more divine manner) (1arlos Santana).
&/air peace becomes men2 ferocious anger belongs to beasts) (,vid).
&'eace and friendship (ith all manind is our (isest polic", and ! (ish (e ma" be permitted to
pursue it) (Thomas Jefferson).
Politician/Politics
&-ver" good communist should no( that political po(er gro(s out of the barrel of a gun) (0ao
Tse Tung).
&'olitics is (ar (ithout bloodshed (hile (ar is politics (ith bloodshed) (0ao Tse Tung).
&! (as reall" too honest a man to be a politician and live) (Socrates).
&! have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to politicians)
(1harles $e 3aulle).
&'olitics, n. Strife of interests mas*uerading as a contest of principles) (Ambrose #ierce).
&#eing in politics is lie being a football coach. 4ou have to be smart enough to understand the
game, and dumb enough to thin it+s important) (-ugene 0c1arth").
&0an is b" nature a political animal) (Aristotle).
&'oliticians are the same all over. The" promise to build a bridge even (here there is no river)
(5iita 6hrushchev).
Poverty
&#" e7perts in povert" ! do not mean sociologists, but poor men) (3. 6. 1hesterton).
&What a devil art thou, 'overt"8 9o( man" desires : ho( man" aspirations after goodness and
truth : ho( man" noble thoughts, loving (ishes to(ard our fello(s, beautiful imaginings thou hast
crushed under th" heel, (ithout remorse or pause8) (Walt Whitman).
&The communit" (hich has neither povert" nor riches (ill al(a"s have the noblest principles)
('lato).
&'eople (ith a culture of povert" suffer much less from repression than (e of the middle class and
indeed, if ! ma" mae the suggestion (ith due *ualification, the" often have a hell of a lot more fun than
(e have) #rian /riel).
&Where .ustice is denied, (here povert" is enforced, (here ignorance prevails, and (here an" one
class is made to feel that societ" is in an organi;ed conspirac" to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither
persons nor propert" (ill be safe) (/rederic $ouglass).
&Through our sunless lanes creeps 'overt" (ith her hungr" e"es, and Sin (ith his sodden face
follo(s close behind her. 0iser" (aes us in the morning and Shame sits (ith us at night) (,scar Wilde).
&0one" is better than povert", if onl" for financial reasons) (Wood" Allen).
Power
&'o(er tends to corrupt and absolute po(er corrupts absolutel") (%ord Acton).
&'o(er corrupts the fe(, (hile (eaness corrupts the man".... The resentment of the (ea does
not spring from an" in.ustice done to them but from the sense of their inade*uac" and impotence. The"
hate not (icedness but (eaness. When it is in their po(er to do so, the (ea destro" (eaness
(herever the" see it) (-ric 9offer).
&'o(er tends to corrupt, and absolute po(er corrupts absolutel". 3reat men are almost al(a"s
bad man) (John -merich Acton).
&'o(er and violence are opposites2 (here the one rules absolutel", the other is absent. <iolence
appears (here po(er is in .eopard", but left to its o(n course it ends in po(er+s disappearance) (9annah
Arendt).
&Sho( respect for those in po(er, but do not follo( them blindl") (1hristopher 'aolini).
&'o(er ac*uired b" violence is onl" a usurpation, and lasts onl" as long as the force of him (ho
commands prevails over that of those (ho obe") ($enis $iderot).
&When po(er leads man to(ards arrogance, poetr" reminds him of his limitations. When po(er
narro(s the area of man+s concern, poetr" reminds him of the richness and diversit" of e7istence. When
po(er corrupts, poetr" cleanses) (John /. 6enned").
&'o(er (ithout authorit" is t"rann") (Jac*ues 0aritain).
Prejudice
&1ommon sense is the collection of pre.udices ac*uired b" age eighteen) (Albert -instein).
&,n the field, blacs have been able to be super giants. #ut, once our pla"ing da"s are over, this is the end
of it and (e go bac to the bac of the bus again) (9an Aaron).
&#egin challenging "our o(n assumptions. 4our assumptions are "our (indo(s into the (orld. Scrub
them off ever" once in a(hile, or the light (on+t come in) (Alan Alda).
&9ating people because of color is (rong. And it doesn+t matter (hich color does the hating. !t+s .ust
plain (rong) (0uhammed Ali).
&'re.udices, it is (ell no(n, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart (hose soil has never been
loosened or fertili;ed b" education2 the" gro( there, firm as (eeds among rocs) (1harlotte #ronte).
&'re.udice is lie a hair across "our chee. 4ou can+t see it, "ou can+t find it (ith "our fingers, but "ou
eep brushing at it because the feeling of it is irritating) (0arian Anderson).
&! hope that people (ill finall" come to reali;e that there is onl" one =race+ : the human race : and that
(e are all members of it) (0argaret At(ood).
Progress
&'rogress should mean that (e are al(a"s changing the (orld to fit the vision2 instead (e are
al(a"s changing the vision) (3. 6. 1hesterton).
&All progress has resulted from people (ho too unpopular positions) (Adlai Stevenson).
&'rogress is the in.ustice each generation (ith regard to its predecessors) (-. 0. 1ioran).
&All progress is e7perimental) (John Ja" 1hapman).
&!n the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, (e are not onl" apt to forget the
ground (e have travelled over, but fre*uentl" neglect to gather up e7periences as (e go) (Thomas 'aine).
&All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of ever" organism to live be"ond
its income) (Samuel #utler).
&'rogress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slo( and invariabl" disappointing) (3eorge
,r(ell).
&'rogress ma" feel more lie loss than gain) (0ason 1oole").
Reading
&! read m" e"es out and can+t read half enough> The more one reads the more one sees (e have
to read) (John Adams).
&Reading maeth a full man2 conference a read" man2 and (riting an e7act man) (/rancis
#acon).
&Writing and reading is to me s"non"mous (ith e7isting) (3ertrude Stein).
&To feel most beautifull" alive means to be reading something beautiful, read" al(a"s to
apprehend in the flo( of language the sudden flash of poetr") (3aston #achelard).
&5o entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor an" pleasure as lasting) (%ad" 0ontagu).
&There is then creative reading as (ell as creative (riting. When the mind is braced b" labor and
invention, the page of (hatever boo (e read becomes luminous (ith manifold allusion. -ver" sentence is
doubl" significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the (orld) (Ralph Waldo -merson).
&With one da"+s reading a man ma" have the e" in his hands) (-;ra 'ound).
&3o three da"s (ithout reading and "our speech (ill become tasteless) (1hinese 'roverb).
&0" first reading of Tolsto" affected me as a revelation from heaven, as the trumpet of the
.udgment. What he made me feel (as not the desire to imitate, but the conviction that imitation (as
futile) (-llen 3lasgo().
&Reading is merel" a surrogate for thining for "ourself2 it means letting someone else direct "our
thoughts. 0an" boos, moreover, serve merel" to sho( ho( man" (a"s there are of being (rong, and
ho( far astra" "ou "ourself (ould go if "ou follo(ed their guidance. 4ou should read onl" (hen "our o(n
thoughts dr" up, (hich (ill of course happen fre*uentl" enough even to the best heads2 but to banish
"our o(n thoughts so as to tae up a boo is a sin against the hol" ghost2 it is lie deserting untrammeled
nature to loo at a herbarium or engravings of landscapes) (Arthur Schopenhauer).
&Reading gives us someplace to go (hen (e have to sta" (here (e are) (0ason 1oole").
&,ne of the greatest gifts adults can give : to their offspring and to their societ" : is to read to
children) (1arl Sagan).
Religion
&'eople can be believers, atheists, or agnostics. !+m an agnostic. !+m ?@A sure that there is no
3od, but if !+m agnostic, ! don+t have to e7plain m"self) (Robert Welsh).
&!f (e had more hell in the pulpit, (e (ould have less hell in the pe() (#ill" 3raham).
&All ! have seen teaches me to trust in the 1reator for all ! have not seen) (Ralph Waldo
-merson).
&! don+t lie to commit m"self about heaven and hell : "ou see, ! have friends in both places)
(0ar T(ain).
&A moment of silence is not inherentl" religious) (Justice Sandra $a" ,+1onnor).
&3od proved 9is love on the 1ross. When 1hrist hung, and bled, and died, it (as 3od sa"ing to
the (orld, =! love "ou+) (#ill" 3raham).
&All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree) (Albert -instein).
&3od ma" be subtle, but he isn+t plain mean) (Albert -instein).
&9e hoped and pra"ed that there (asn+t an afterlife. Then he reali;ed there (as a contradiction
involved here and merel" hoped that there (asn+t an afterlife) ($ouglas Adams).
&Just as a candle cannot burn (ithout fire, men cannot live (ithout spiritual life) (The #uddha).
&-ach man is good in the sight of the great spirit) (Sitting #ull).
Rulers
&What luc for rulers, that men do not thin) (Adolph 9itler).
&The" B(hoC see to establish s"stems of government based on the regimentation of all human
beings b" a handful of individual rulers > call this a ne( order. !t is not ne( and it is not order)
(/ranlin $. Roosevelt).
&The ob.ect of government in peace and in (ar is not the glor" of rulers or of races, but the
happiness of the common man) (%ord William #everidge).
&-7perience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect libert" (hen the governmentDs
purposes are beneficent. 0en born to freedom are naturall" alert to repel invasion of their libert" b" evilE
minded rulers. The greatest dangers to libert" lur in insidious encroachment b" men of ;eal, (ell
meaning but (ithout understanding) (%ouis $. #randeis).
&/or me ever" ruler is alien that defies public opinion) (3andhi).
&!n politics a capable ruler must be guided b" circumstances, con.ectures, and con.unctions)
(1atherine !!).
&The ne( ruler must determine all the in.uries that he (ill need to inflict. 9e must inflict them
once and for all) (5iccolo 0achiavelli).
&The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to loo at the men he has around
him) (5iccolo 0achiavelli).
School
&A school is four (alls : (ith tomorro( inside) (John %oce).
&As long as there are tests, there (ill be pra"er in public schools) (3eorge 1arlin).
&-ver" time "ou stop a school, "ou (ill have to build a .ail. What "ou gain at one end "ou lose at
the other. !tDs lie feeding a dog on his o(n tail. !t (onDt fatten the dog) (0ar T(ain).
Self-Respect
&!n the depth of (inter, ! finall" learned that there (as (ithin me an invincible summer) (Albert
1amus).
Success
&!t is hard to fail, but it is (orse never to have tried to succeed) (Theodore Roosevelt).
&!t is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced b" the ideal of service) (Albert
-instein).
&Success is to be measured not b" the position that one has reached in life as b" the obstacles he
has overcome (hile tr"ing to succeed) (#ooer T. Washington).
Teachers/Teaching
&A child cannot be taught b" an"one (ho despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled)
(James #ald(in).
&3ive a man a fish and "ou feed him for a da". Teach a man to fish and "ou feed him for a
lifetime) (1hinese 'roverb).
&!t is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach othersEEand less trouble) (0ar T(ain).
&-7ample isn+t another (a" to teach, it is the onl" (a" to teach) (Albert -instein).
Tolerance
&Tolerance is a ver" dull virtue. !t is boring. Fnlie love, it has al(a"s had a bad press. !t is
negative. !t merel" means putting up (ith people, being able to stand things) (-. 0. /orster).
&!n our '.1. efforts to be tolerant of ever"thing, (e have become intolerant of ever"one)
(1atherine Wishart).
&Tolerance is onl" another name for indifference) (W. Somerset 0augham).
&!t is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and
s*uabbling) ('ierre #a"le).
&The degree of tolerance attainable at an" moment depends on the strain under (hich societ" is
maintaining its cohesion) (3eorge #ernard Sha().
&RespectGnot toleranceGmust be our goal if (e (ould diminish pre.udice in our time. /or
tolerance is often but a gentle disguise for pre.udiceH the tolerant often behave as selfEappointed
connoisseurs of (eanesses in others, or selfEappointed protectors of those (hom the" deem to be their
inferiors) (Selma 3. 9irsch).
&9o( (ill our ids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled (ith hateI) (/red 3.
3osman).
&The highest result of education is tolerance) (9elen 6eller).
War
&!f there is a 3od, the phrase that must disgust him is : hol" (ar) (Steve Allen).
&Tae the diplomac" out of (ar and things (ould fall flat in a (ee) (Will Rogers).
&4ou can+t sa" that civili;ation don+t advance, ho(ever, for in ever" (ar the" ill "ou in a ne(
(a") (Will Rogers).
&That+s the (a" it is in (ar. 4ou (in or lose, live or die : and the difference is .ust an e"elash)
($ouglas 0acArthur).
&! donDt believe the (ar is simpl" the (or of politicians and capitalists. ,h no, the common man
is ever" bit as guilt"2 other(ise, people and nations (ould have rebelled long ago8) (Anne /ran).
&So long as there are men, there (ill be (ars) (Albert -instein).
&To .a(E.a( is al(a"s better than to (arE(ar) (Winston 1hurchill).
&All of us (ho served in one (ar or another no( ver" (ell that all (ars are the glor" and the
agon" of the "oung) (3erald R. /ord).
&!n order for a (ar to be .ust, three things are necessar". /irst, the authorit" of the sovereign>
Secondl", a .ust cause> Thirdl", a rightful intention) (St. Thomas A*uinas).
&A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A (ar is sub.ect to advance planning) (Richard 0. 5i7on).
&Sometime the"+ll give a (ar and nobod" (ill come) (1arl Sandburg).
Wisdo
&-ver"one honors the (ise) (Aristotle).
&Whether "ou are happ" or (hether "ou are sad, it is (ise to remember "ou are reall" in process)
(0a"a Angelou).
&'atience is the companion of (isdom) (St. Augustine).
&Wisdom out(eighs an" (ealth) (Sophocles).
&There is a (isdom of the mind, and a (isdom of the heart) (1harles $icens).
&Wisdom begins in (onder) (Socrates).
&9e (ho no(s others is (ise2 he (ho no(s himself is enlightened) (%aoEt;u).
Words
&+When ! use a (ord,+ 9umpt" $umpt" said, in rather a scornful tone, =it means .ust (hat !
choose it to mean : neither more nor less+) (%e(is 1arroll).
&,ccasionall" in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment (hich cannot be
completel" e7plained b" those s"mbols called (ords. Their meanings can onl" be articulated b" the
inaudible language of the heart) (0artin %uther 6ing, Jr.).
Writing
&3o out and (rite something real) (1harles S(annell).
&A ratio of failures is built into the process of (riting. The (astebaset has evolved for a reason)
(0argaret At(ood).
&An" (riter, ! suppose, feels that the (orld in (hich he is born is nothing less than a conspirac"
against the cultivation of his talent) (James #ald(in).
&%ove. /all in love and sta" in love. Write onl" (hat "ou love, and love (hat "ou (rite) (Ra"
#radbur").
&!n 9oll"(ood the (oods are full of people that learned to (rite but evidentl" canDt read. !f the"
could read their stuff, the"Dd stop (riting) (Will Rogers).
&Writing has la(s of perspective, of light and shade .ust as painting does or music. !f "ou are born
no(ing them, fine. !f not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit "ourself) (Truman 1apote).
&0" aim is to put do(n on paper (hat ! see and (hat ! feel in the best and simplest (a") (-rnest
9emming(a").
&Those (ho (rite clearl" have readers2 those (ho (rite obscurel" have commentators) (Albert
1amus).
!sabel Allende
"9o( can one not spea about (ar, povert", and ine*ualit" (hen people (ho suffer
from these afflictions donDt have a voice to speaI"
"Write (hat should not be forgotten."
"We live in an era (here masses of people come and go across a hostile planet,
desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, deportees. We are a tragic contingent."
"! (rite from the (omb, not from the mind."
Julia Alvare;
"The point is not to pa" bac indness but to pass it on."
"-ver"one needs a strong sense of self. !t is our base of operations for ever"thing
that (e do in life."
"A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a (a" to travel through the
human heart."
Rudolfo A. Ana"a
"We are split b" ethnic boundaries2 (e are a border people, half in love (ith 0e7ico
and half suspicious, half in love (ith the Fnited States and half (ondering if (e belong."
"There are so man" dreams to be fulfilled, but Fltima sa"s a manDs destin" must
unfold itself lie a flo(er, (ith onl" the sun and the earth and (ater maing it blossom,
and no one else meddling in it."
"There are man" gods... gods of beaut" and magic, gods of the garden, gods in our
o(n bac"ards E but (e go off to foreign countries to find ne( ones, (e reach to the stars
to find ne( ones."
"Sometime in the future ! (ould have to build m" o(n dream out of those things
that (ere so much a part of m" childhood."
Jimm" Santiago #aca
"$eath dra(s respect and fear from the living. $eath offers no false starts."
"4our (ords, 'ortate bien, resonate in me, and ! obe" in m" integrit", m" indnes,
m" courage, as ! am born again in the suffering of m" people, in our freedom, our beaut",
our dualEfaced, dualEcultured, t(oEsonged sould and t(o heartedEculture..."
"! thro( m" heart into the (ell, and it falls a shimmering pebble to the bottom."
"%oo deep to find the grains of hope and strength, and sing, m" brothers and
sisters, and sing."
"! can live (ith m"self, and ! am ama;ed at m"self, m" love, m" beaut", ! am taen
b" m" failures, astounded b" m" fears, ! am stubborn and childish, in the midst of this
(recage of life the" incurred, ! practice being m"self, and ! have found parts of m"self
never dreamed of b" me..."
Joan #ae;
"Action is the antidote to despair."
"!Dve never had a humble opinion. !f "ouDve got an opinion, (h" be humble about
itI"
"The (ords have .ust cra(led do(n m" sleeve and come out on the page."
"The onl" thing thatDs been a (orse flop than the organi;ation of nonEviolence has
been the organi;ation of violence."
"The easiest ind of relationship is (ith ten thousand people, the hardest is (ith
one."
'ablo 1asals
"-ach person has inside a basic decenc" and goodness. !f he listens to it and actons
on it, he is giving a great deal of (hat it is the (orld needs most."
"! feel the capacit" to care is the thing (hich gives life its deepest significance."
"0an has made man" machines, comple7 and cunning, but (hich of them indeed
rivals the (oring of his heartI"
"0usic (ill save the (orld."
"The child must no( that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the (orld
there hasnDt been, and until the end of the (orld there (ill not be, another child lie him."
0iguel $e 1ervantes
"A person dishonored is (orst than dead."
"A private sin is not so pre.udicial in this (orld, a public indecenc"."
"Alas8 all music .ars (hen the soulDs out of tune."
"$iligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a
man to the goal of an" of his best (ishes."
"-ver" man is the son of his o(n (ors."
"!n order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
1esar 1have;
"!f "ou reall" (ant to mae a friend, go to someoneDs house and eat (ith him... The
people (ho give "ou their food give "ou their heart."
"!n some cases nonEviolence re*uires more militanc" than violence."
,ur language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an e7act reflection of the
character and gro(th of its speaers."
"'reservation of oneDs o(n culture does not re*uire contempt or disrespect for other
cultures."
"We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural
diversit" that nourishes and strengthens this communit" E and this nation."
"4ou are never strong enough that "ou donDt need help."
%inda 1have;
"We have created not a #rave 5e( World, but a vulgar maretplace, (here human
attributes come (ith a price tag."
"Fntil more 9ispanic parents begin insisting their ids go on to college, 9ispanic
educational attainment EE and lifetime earnings EE (ill lag behind other groups."
"We need to let the (orld no( it is possible to celebrate long "ears of married life.
#ut it doesnDt happen b" accident. 0arriage re*uires commitment to something greater
than ourselves. And if those of us (ho have succeeded at marraige arenDt (illing to lead
the (a", (ho (illI"
Samm" $avis, Jr.
"All ! reall" had (as m" talent. Without that ! (ouldnDt be (elcome in the White
9ouse."
"#ogart could have been color blind. 9e got to no( a man before he decided if he
lied him or not."
"Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and ho( "ou
get along (ith "our fello( man."
"The ultimate m"ster" is oneDs o(n self."
1ameron $ia;
"! donDt care ho( smart a id "ou are. The onl" (a" "ou learn (hatDs not right is
from e7perience."
"!Dm a prett" girl (hoDs a model (ho doesnDt suc as an actress."
"4our regrets arenDt (hat "ou did, but (hat "ou didnDt do."
Jaime -scalante
"The da" someone *uits school he is condemning himself to a life of povert"."
ThatDs the point. !t goes lie thisH Teaching is touching life."
",ne of the greatest things "ou have in life is that no one has the authorit" to tell
"ou (hat "ou (ant to be. 4ouDre the one (hoDll decide (hat "ou (ant to be."
"Respect "ourself and respect the integrit" of others as (ell."
The greatest thing "ou have is "our self image, a positive opinion of "ourself. 4ou
must never let an"one tae it from "ou."
$avid 3lasgo( /arragut
"$amn the torpedoes8 /ull speed ahead8"
And" 3arcia
1hildren mae "ou a better ever"thing. $aughters open up a (hole different
sensibilit" to "ou. When "ou have children, it focuses "ou on them as opposed to on
"ourself."
"!Dm a staunch antiE1astro individual."
"-ver"thing ! do in m" life is ver" instinctual and in the moment."
"!Dve had m" moments of insanit". #ut there is a certain responsibilit" to set proper
e7amples for "our children, and that influences "our choices in ever" aspect of "our life."
Jerr" 3arcia
"America is still mostl" 7eonphobic and racist. ThatDs the nature of America, !
thin."
"1onstantl" choosing the lesser of t(o evils is still choosing evil."
"/or me, the lame part of the Si7ties (as the political part, the social part. The real
part (as the spiritual part."
"!Dm shopping around for something to do that no one (ill lie."
"Tal about "our plent", tal about "our ills. ,ne man gathers (hat another man
spills."
-llen ,choa
"! tell students that the opportunities ! had (ere a result of having a good
educational bacground. -ducation is (hat allo(s "ou to stand out."
"!Dm not tr"ing to mae ever" id an astronaut, but ! (ant ids to thin about a
career and the preparation the"Dll need."
"What ever"one in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic
bacground, but motivation, preseverance, and desire E the desire to participate in a
vo"age of discover"."
#ill Richardson
"-ducation enables people and societies to be (hat the" can be."
"/e( needs are more pressing, more deserving of our attention, than taing care of
the men and (omen of the F.S. armed forces."
"! choose bold. ! choose action. ! choose (hatDs right for the people. ! choose to
mae a difference."
"!gnorance has al(a"s been the (eapon of t"rants2 enlightenment the salvation of
the free."
"Raising a famil" is difficult enough. #ut itDs even more difficult for single parents
struggling to mae ends meet. The" donDt need more obstacles. The" need more
opportunities."
3eraldo Rivera
"What fourEletter (ord do the" have in mindI... 9eroI"
"!tDs not a *uestion of sub.ectivit". !tDs about realit"."
"! must be doing something right. !Dve been around for a long time."
"!t is impressive to see ho( man" %atinos are in the F.S. militar". This is the most
integrated institution in American societ"."
"Re.ect racial or religious hate. -mbrace moderate !slam."
"The courage in .ournalism is sticing up for the unpopular, not the popular."
"When a Spanish man cries itDs not a sign of (eaness."
1harlie Sheen
"As ids (eDre not taught ho( to deal (ith success2 (eDre taught ho( to deal (ith
failure. !f at first "ou donDt succeed, tr", tr" again. !f at first "ou succeed, then (hatI"
"/ame is empo(ering. 0" mistae (as that ! thought ! (ould instinctivel" no(
ho( to handle it. #ut thereDs no manual, no training course."
"! thin (hat drove me insane for a long time is feeling lie ! hadnDt earned most of
(hat ! achieved because it came so fast."
"There have to be more important things going on in the (orld than m" past."
0artin Sheen
"And Jesus in all of his teaching (as ver" clear about the heart of the la(, not the
letter. And ! thin (e have to remember that (e are human first."
"An"bod" (ho pla"s golf (ill tell "ou that "ou pla" against "ourself."
"3eorge #ush is lie a bad comic (oring the cro(d2 a moron, if "ouDll pardon the
e7pression."
"! am not the 'resident. ! hold an even higher office, that of citi;en of the Fnited
States."
"War at this time and in this place is un(elcome, un(ise, and simpl" (rong."
'iri Thomas
"#ravo, %uis Rodrigue;, for the beaut" of a strong singular voice."
"$amn, oh damn,damn damn damn, ! did (ant that .ob, but ! (as the (rong color.
9ear that sisters, hear that brothers, ! (as the (rong color."
"Writing has such a po(er for e7pression."
"The streets got life, man, lie a "oung tender sun, and gentleness lie long a(aited
dreams to come."
"! got a feeling of aloneness and a bitternes thatDs gro(ing and gro(ing $a" b" da"
into some ind of hate (ithout un nobre."
GREAT !OTES TO WR"TE ABO!T
These *uotes can be easil" used as a (riting prompt. /or e7ampleH
Ale7 9ale" (rote, "9istor" is (ritten b" (inners." -7plain (hat this *uote means to "ou.
E or E
When (e thin of histor", (e have to as (ho (rites the histor" boos. Ale7 9ale" (rote,
"9istor" is (ritten b" (inners." $o "ou thin he is correctI Wh" or (h" notI
-ach of the *uotes belo( can be used (ith this formatH the author said, "insert *uote."
-7plain (hat this *uote means to "ou.
4ou can also add more direction to each of these *uotes as needed.
The *uotes that are underlined provide sample (riting prompts.
"9istor" is (ritten b" the (inners" (Ale7 9ale").
"-ither "ou deal (ith (hat is the realit", or "ou can be sure that the realit" is going to deal
(ith "ou" (Ale7 9ale").
"%oo deep into nature, and then "ou (ill understand ever"thing better" (Albert -instein).
"The best road to progress is freedomDs road" (John /. 6enned").
"!tDs a .ob thatDs never started that taes the longest to finish" (J. R. R. Tolien).
"Success isnDt measured b" the position "ou reach in life. !tDs measured b" the obstacles "ou overcome"
Washington).
"4ou stand in "our o(n light" (9e"(ood).
"5ever lose a chance of sa"ing a ind (ord" (William Thacera").
"! hear and ! forget. ! see and ! remember. ! do and ! understand" (1hinese 'roverb).
"-ducation is not a problem. -ducation is an opportunit"" (%"ndon #. Johnson).
"0an" hands mae light (or" (9e"(ood).
"-ver"thing is funn", as long as itDs happening to somebod" else" (Will Rogers).
"$onDt let "esterda" use up too much of toda"" (Will Rogers).
",ur greatest glor" is not in never failing, but in rising up ever" time (e fail"
(Ralph Waldo -merson).
"Success is a state of mind. !f "ou (ant success, start thining of "ourself as a success"
(Jo"ce #rothers).
"Who in the (orld am !I Ah, thatDs the great pu;;le" (%e(is 1arroll).
"The onl" thing (e have to fear is fear itself" (/ranlin $. Roosevelt).
"6ind (ords are the music of the (orld" (/. W. /aber).
"5ineEtenths of education is encouragement" (Anatole /rance).
"The time to be happ" is no(. The place to be happ" is here" (Robert 3. !ngersoll).
"4ou arenDt learning an"thing (hen "ouDre taling" (%"ndon #. Johnson).
"-ach da" comes bearing its o(n gifts. Fntie the ribbons" (Ruth Ann Schabacer).
"4our onl" obligation in an" lifetime is to be true to "ourself" (Richard #o7).
"What "ou thin of others is more important than (hat others thin of "ou" (Richard #ach).
"Remember happiness doesnDt depend upon (ho "ou are or (hat "ou have. !t depends solel" upon (hat "ou thin"
1arnegie).
"Success is never a destination E itDs a .ourne"" (Satenig St. 0arie).
"!Dm a great believer in luc, and ! find the harder ! (or, the more ! have of it"
(Thomas Jefferson).
"There are man" (a"s of going for(ard, but onl" one (a" of standing still" (/ranlin $. Roosevelt).
"! canDt go bac to "esterda" E because ! (as a different person then" (%e(is 1arroll).
"A good deed is never lostH he (ho sho(s courtes" reaps friendship2 and he (ho plants
indness gathers love" (#asil).
!OTES B# FA$O!S %EO%&E
Juotes b" Albert -insteinH
The important thing is not to stop *uestioning.
-ver"thing should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
,nl" a life lived for others is a life (orth(hile.
A person (ho never made a mistae never tried an"thing ne(.
! have no special talent. ! am onl" passionatel" curious.
!t is strange to be no(n so universall" and "et to be so lonel".
! never thinm of the future E it comes soon enough.
An"one (ho has never made a mistae has never tried an"thing ne(.
Juotes b" Ralph Waldo -mersonH
The onl" (a" to have a friend is to be one.
3ro( angr" slo(l" E thereDs plent" of time.
There is al(a"s time enough for courtes".
9itch "our (agon to a star.
Write in "our heart that ever" da" is the best da" of the "ear.
5othing can bring "ou peace but "ourself.
Juotes b" 9enr" /ordH
!f "ou thin "ou can do a thing or thin "ou canDt do a thing, "ouDre right.
/ailure is the opportunit" to begin again more intelligentl".
Juotes b" Anne /ranH
9o( (onderful it is that nobod" need (ait a single moment before starting to improve the (orld.
Thin of all the beaut" still left around "ou and be happ".
%a;iness ma" appear attractive, but (or gives satisfaction.
! donDt thin of all the miser" but the beaut" that still remains.
$espite ever"thing, ! believe that people are reall" good at heart.
Who (ould ever thin that so much (ent on in the soul of a "oung girlI
Whoever is happ" (ill mae others happ" too.
Juotes b" Ale7 9ale"H
5obod" can do for little children (hat grandparents do. 3randparents sort of sprinle
stardust over the lives of little children.
!n ever" conceivable manner, the famil" is lin to our past, bridge to our future.
!n m" (riting, as much as ! could, ! tried to find the good, and praise it.
9istor" is (ritten b" the (inners.
When "ou clench "our fist, no one can put an"thing in "our hand, nor can "our hand pic
up an"thing.
Juotes b" -leanor RooseveltH
The future belongs to those (ho believe in the beaut" of their dreams.
Juotes b" J. 6. Ro(lingH
!t taes a great deal of courage to stand up to "our enemies, but even more to stand up to "our
friends.
!t is our choices . . . that sho( (hat (e trul" are, far more than our abilities.
4ou sort of start thining an"thingDs possible if "ouDve got enough nerve.
!t does not do to d(ell on dreams and forget to live.
Juotes b" William ShaespeareH
This, too, shall pass.
A light heart lives long.
9ear the meaning (ithin the (ord.
Sa" as "ou thin and spea it from "our souls.
Wh" then, can one desire too much of a good thingI
What is the cit" but the peopleI
! am not bound to please thee (ith m" ans(ers.
Q !OTES B# %RES"'E(TS
"%et us dare to read, thin, spea, and (rite" (John Adams).
"/riendship is the onl" cement that (ill ever hold the (orld together" (Woodro( Wilson).
"And so, m" fello( AmericansH as not (hat "our countr" can do for "ou E as (hat "ou can do
for "our countr"" (John /. 6enned").
"9appiness and moral dut" are inseparabl" connected" (3eorge Washington).
"A child miseducated is a child lost" (John /. 6enned").
"There are no problems (e cannot solve together, and ver" fe( that (e can solve b" ourselves"
(%"ndon #. Johnson).
"There are t(o educations. ,ne should teach us ho( to mae a living and hte other ho( to live"
(John Adams).
"0" mother (as the most beautiful (oman ! ever sa(. All ! am ! o(e to m" mother" (3eorge
Washington).
"'eace and .ustice are t(o sides of hte same coin" ($(ight $. -isenho(er).
"We (ill not learn ho( to live together in peace b" illing each otherDs children" (Jimm" 1arter).
"9onest" is the first chapter in the boo of (isdom" (Thomas Jefferson).
"The (orld moves, and ideas that (ere once good are not al(a"s good" ($(ight $. -isenho(er).
"$o not conceive that fine clothes mae fine men, an" more than fine feathers mae fine birds"
(3eorge Washington).
"/orgive "our enemies, but never forget their names" (John /. 6enned").
"We are not the sum of our possessions" (3eorge 9. W. #ush).
"'eace is a .ourne" of a thousand miles and it must be taen one step at a time"
(%"ndon #. Johnson).
"!tDs a poor mind that can onl" thin of one (a" to spell a (ord" (Andre( Johnson).
"$o (hat "ou can, (ith (ht "ou have, (here "ou are" (Theodore Roosevelt).
",ur countr" is lie a ne( house. We lac man" things, but (e possess the most precious of all E
libert"8" (James 0onroe).
"To the victors belong the spoils" (Andre( Jacson).
"War settles nothing" ($(ight $. -isenho(er).
"!deas control the (orld" (James A. 3arfield).
"%abor disgraces no man2 unfortunatel", "ou occasionall" find men (ho disgrace labor" (Fl"sses S. 3rant).
"(S%"RAT"O(A& !OTES B# VAR"O!S A!T)ORS*
"-ver" child is born a genius" (Richard #ucminster /uller).
"We must teach our children to dream (ith their e"es open" (9arr" -d(ards).
"When ! let go of (hat ! am, ! become (hat ! might be" (%ao T;u).
"4ou must be the change "ou (ish to see in the (orld" (0ahatma 3andhi).
"6eep hope alive8" (Jesse Jacson).
"1hange is the la( of life. And those (ho loo onl" to the past or present are certain to miss
the future" (John /. 6enned").
"This is the da" the %ord has made. %et us re.oice and be glad in it" ('salms KKLHMN).
"Whatever "ou can do, or dream "ou can E begin it. #oldness has genius, po(er, and magic in it
" (3oethe).
"!f "ou donDt no( (here "ou are going, an" road (ill get "ou there" (%e(is 1arroll).
"6indness is the language (hich the deaf can hear and the blind can see" (0ar T(ain).
"All our dreams can come true E if (e have the courage to pursue them" (Walt $isne").
"%ife is change. 3ro(th is optional. 1hoose (isel"" (aren 6aiser 1lar).
"The time to be happ" is no(. The place to be happ" is here" (Robert. 3. !ngersoll).
"Winning isnDt ever"thing, but (anting to (in is" (<ince %ombardi).
"3oals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement"(#rian Trac").
"$onDt bunt. Aim out of the ballpar" ($avid ,gilv").
E+TRA T"'B"TS
"A penn" for "our thoughts" (9e"(ood).
"The moon is made of a green cheese" (9e"(ood).
"#e lie a postage stamp E stic to one thing till "ou get there" (Josh #illings).
"%aughter is a gift ever"one should open" (3ene 0itchener).
"Jo" is the feeling of grinning on the inside" (0elba 1olgrove).
"0an cannot live b" bread alone2 he must have peanut butter" (James. A. 3arfield).
"%ifeDs better (hen itDs fun" (6evin 1ostner).
"5o good fish goes an"(here (ithout a porpoise" (%e(is 1arroll).
"Anles are nearl" al(a"s neat and goodElooing, but nees are nearl" al(a"s not" ($(ight $.
-isenho(er).
"Tae it from me, ever" vote counts" (Al 3ore).
"! onl" no( t(o tunes. ,ne of them is D4anee $oodleD and the other isnDt" (Fl"sses S. 3rant).
"An ama;ing invention E but (ho (ould (ant to use oneI" (Rutherford #. 9a"es E about the telep
hone).
"An onion can mae people cr" but thereDs never been a vegetable that can mae people laugh"
(Will Rogers).
dr.seuss
&+#ut no(,) sa"s the ,nceEler, &5o( that "ou+re here, the (ord of the %ora7 seems
perfectl" clear. F5%-SS someone lie "ou cares a (hole a(ful lot, nothing is going to get
better. !t+s not.)
&$on+t cr" because it+s over. Smile because it happened.)
&4ou have brains in "our head. 4ou have feet in "our shoes. 4ou can steer "ourself an"
direction "ou choose. 4ou+re on "our o(n, and "ou no( (hat "ou no(. And "ou are the
one (ho+ll decide (here "ou+ll go. ,h the places "ou+ll go.)
&! can read (ith m" e"es shut.)
&,h the thins "ou can thin up if onl" "ou tr"8)
&Stop8 4ou must not hop on pop8)
&! am (hat ! am8 What a great thing to be8)
&0iss #oners rose. =$on+t fret8+ she said> =We+ve taught "ou ho( to thin.+)
&%isten maestro, if "ou (ant to get real harmon", use the blac e"s as (ell as the (hite8)
"#e (ho "ou are and sa" (hat "ou feel because those (ho mind don+t matter and those
that matter don+t mind."
&! do not lie green eggs and ham. ! do not lie them, SamE!EAm.)
&There is no one alive (ho is "ouEer than "ou8)
GOOD ONES
9enr" Adams to #en.amin /ranlin HbelowI
0argaret /uller to 9.%. 0encen Hpage twoI
Alice 0e"nell to W.#. 4eats Hpage threeI
9enr" Adams HR'S'DR1R'I
A 2aw of Acceleration
GThe new American would need to think in contradictions.G
Joseph Addison HR:.7DR.R1I
The -ries of 2ondon
GThe 9ost I would aim at, is to be -omptroller eneral of the 2ondon -ries.G
)efence and >appiness of Married 2ife
GFor my own part, I was born in (edlock, and I don3t care who knows it.G
False and True >umour
GIt is, indeed, much easier to describe what is not >umour, than what is.G
2aughter
GMan is the merriest /pecies of the -reation.G
@n iving Advice
G;pon the reading of a fable, we are made to believe we advise ourselves.G
Reflections in (estminster Abbey
GI consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must #uickly follow.G
A. #ronson Alcott HR.11DR'''I
<&ercise
G<ach moment offers the full cup. )rink, drink deep, drink it off while you mayOG
%ouisa 0a" Alcott HR'S7DR'''I
)eath of a /oldier
G<ven in his solitary grave in the 3overnment 2ot,3 he would not be without some token
of the love which makes life beautiful and outlives death.G
Susan #. Anthon" HR'7=DR1=:I
@n (omen3s Right to 8ote
GThe only #uestion left to be settled now is! Are women personsPG
John James Audubon HR.',DR',RI
The 9assenger 9igeon
GI cannot describe to you the e&treme beauty of their aerial evolutions, when a >awk
chanced to press upon the rear of a flock.G
0ar" Austin HR':'DR1STI
The 2and of 2ittle Rain
G8oid of life it never is, however dry the air and villainous the soil.G
/rancis #acon HR,:RDR:7:I
@f )iscourse
GThe honourablest part of talk is to give the occasionN and again to moderate and pass to
somewhat else, for then a man leads the dance.G
@f Marriage and /ingle 2ife
G>e that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.G
@f Revenge
GA man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal
and do well.G
@f /tudies
GReading maketh a full manN conference a ready manN and writing an e&act man.G
@f Travel
G(hen a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled
altogether behind him.G
0a7 #eerbohm HR'.7DR1,:I
oing @ut for a (alk
GI never go out of my way, as it were, to avoid e&ercise.G
>ow /hall I (ord ItP
GThe not perfect reader begins to crave some little outburst of wrath.G
A Relic
GIt had occurred to me that I might be a writer.G
9ilaire #elloc HR'.=DR1,SI
A -onversation (ith a -at
GThere is in your complacency no foreknowledge of death nor even of separation.G
-rooked /treets
G>ow much better are not the beauties of a town seen from -rooked /treetsOG
Robert #enchle" HR''1DR1T,I
Advice to (riters
GA terrible plague of insufferably artificial and affected authorsG
+usiness 2etters
GAs it stands now things are pretty black for the boy.G
-hristmas Afternoon
G)one in the Manner, If 4ot the /pirit, of )ickensG
)o Insects ThinkP
GIt really was more like a child of our own than a wasp, e&cept that it looked more like a
wasp than a child of our own.G
The Most 9opular +ook of the Month
GIn practice, the book is not flawless. There are five hundred thousand names, each with a
corresponding telephone number.G
5ouO
GA homely virtue such as was taught us . . . in a doFen or so simple words, is taken and
blown up into a book in which it is stated very impressively in a series of short, snappy
sentences, all saying the same thing.G
Arnold #ennett HR':.DR1SRI
(hy a -lassic Is a -lassic
GA classic does not survive . . . because it conforms to certain canons.G
3eorge #erele" HR:',DR.,SI
9leasures 4atural and Fantastical
G>e is the true possessor of a thing who en6oys it, and not he that owns it without the
en6oyment of it.G
Ambrose #ierce HR'T7DR1RTPI
The Art of -ontroversy
GI know not if there is another life, but if there is I do hope that to obtain it all will have to
pass a rigid e&amination in logic and the art of not being a fool.G
-hristmas and the 4ew 5ear
G-hristmas is to some e&tent a day of meaningless ceremonies, false sentiment and
hollow compliments endlessly iterated and misapplied.G
The -lothing of hosts
G(ho ever heard of a naked ghostPG
)isintroductions
G(hat I am affirming is the horror of the characteristic American custom of promiscuous,
unsought and unauthoriFed introductions.G
The ift o3 ab
G<&tinction of the orator I hold to be the most beneficent possibility of evolution.G
James #os(ell HR.T=DR.1,I
@n (ar
GMy mind e&panded itself in reflections upon the horrid irrationality of war.G
Rupert #rooe HR''.DR1R,I
4iagara Falls
G+oth men and nations are hurried onwards to their ruin or ending as inevitably as this
dark flood.G
1harles #roos HR'.'DR1STI
@n the )ifference +etween (it and >umor
GIs there anything more melancholy than the wit of another generationPG
@n a Rainy Morning
GThere is so much life on wet and windy days.G
The (riting of <ssays
G>e looks at the stars and, knowing in what a dim immensity we travel, he writes of little
things beyond dispute.G
9e"(ood #roune HR'''DR1S1I
The 5oung 9essimists
G@ur young American pessimists see man at the moment he drops beside the road, and
without further investigation decide that it is all up with him.G
Thomas #ro(ne HR:=,DR:'7I
@n )reams
GA good part of our sleep is peered out with visions and fantastical ob6ects, wherein we
are confessedly deceived.G
-ustace #udgell HR:':DR.S.I
@n Friendship
GA friendship which makes the least noise is very often most useful.G
-d(ard #ul(erE%"tton HR'=SDR'.SI
Readers and (riters
GIt is well to keep in practice the power to think for one3s self.G
3elett #urgess HR'::DR1,RI
A )efense of /lang
G/lang in America . . . is a frothy compound, and the bubbles break when the necessity of
the hour is past.G
Thomas #ure HR'':DR1T,I
4ights in 2ondon
G5ou cannot have a bad night in 2ondon unless you are a bad -ockneyDDor a tourist.G
John #urroughs HR'S.DR17RI
In Mammoth -ave
G/ome of these pits are simply appalling.G
5icholas 0urra" #utler HR':7DR1T.I
The Revolt of the ;nfit
GThe plain fact is that man is not ruled by thinking. (hen man thinks he thinks, he
usually merely feels . . ..G
Samuel #utler HR'S,DR1=7I
@n Mnowing (hat ives ;s 9leasure
GA man had better stick to known and proved pleasures.G
Thomas 1arl"le HR.1,DR''RI
@n >eroes and >eroD(orship
GThis . . . is an age that as it were denies the e&istence of great men.G
John Ja" 1hapman HR':7DR1SSI
9rofessorial <thics
GUTVhe professor is trampled upon, his interests are ignored, he is overworked and
underpaid, he is of small social conse#uence, he is kept at menial employments, and the
leisure to do good work is denied him.G
(illiam 0ames
G4ow 0ames was an illuminating ray, a dissolvent force. >e looked freshly at life, and
read books freshly.G
3. 6. 1hesterton HR'.TDR1S:I
The Advantages of >aving @ne 2eg
GAll pessimism has a secret optimism for its ob6ect.G
@n 2ying in +ed
G@ur views change constantlyN but our lunch does not change.G
A 9iece of -halk
GI was sitting on an immense warehouse of white chalk.G
The /uperstition of /chool
G4o man who worships education has got the best out of education.G
William 1obbett HR.:SDR'S,I
Rural Rides! Reigate
G(hen the old farmDhouses are down Hand down they must come in timeI what a
miserable thing the country will beOG
Joseph 1onrad HR',.DR17TI
@utside 2iterature
GA sea voyage would have done him good. +ut it was I who went to seaDDthis time bound
to -alcutta.G
Susan /enimore 1ooper HR'RSDR'1TI
Rural >ours
G/uch open hillDsides . . . bear a kind of heaving, billowy character.G
Abraham 1o(le" HR:R'DR::.I
@f reatness
Greatness . . . is a creature of the fancy.G
William 1o(per HR.SRDR'==I
@n -onversation
G(e should try to keep up conversation like a ball bandied to and fro from one to the
other, rather than seiFe it all to ourselves, and drive it before us like a football.G
@n Meeping a /ecret
GThat no man may betray the counsel of his friend, let every man keep his own.G
Stephen 1rane HR'.RDR1==I
An <&periment in Misery
GI sleep up there . . . when I3ve got the price.G
Samuel 0c1hord 1rothers HR',.DR17.I
The /poiled -hildren of -iviliFation
GThe real thinkers of any age do not remain long in a blue funk. . . . They cannot
passively wait to see the future come. They are too busy making it.G
9omer 1ro" HR''SDR1:,I
+athing in a +orrowed /uit
G(hen I came up there was little on me besides the sea foam and a spirit of 6ollity. The
latter was feigned.G
3eorge William 1urtis HR'7TDR'17I
My -hateau&
G+ourne owns the dirt and fencesN I own the beauty that makes the landscape, or
otherwise how could I own castles in /painPG
The 4ew 5ear
G2et our whitest vow be . . . that age shall no longer be measured by this arbitrary
standard of years.G
1harles $ar(in HR'=1DR''7I
4atural /election
G4atural selection can act only through and for the good of each being.G
$aniel $efoe HR::=DR.SRI
The <ducation of (omen
GTo such whose genius would lead them to it, I would deny no sort of learning.G
The (orst /ort of >usband
G(hat is the worst sort of husband a sober woman can marryPG
Joseph $ennie HR.:'DR'R7I
0ack and ill! A Mock -riticism
GThe sub6ect is the .all o. men, a sub6ect, high, interesting, worthy of a poet.G
Thomas $e Juince" HR.',DR',1I
A >appy >ome
GI will here lay down an analysis of happinessN and . . . I will give it, not didactically, but
wrapped up and involved in a picture of one evening.G
1harles $icens HR'R7DR'.=I
inD/hops
G)runken besotted men, and wretched brokenDdown miserable womenG
2ying Awake
GI devote this paper to my train of thoughts as I lay awake.G
Mr. +arlow
GImmortal Mr. +arlow, boring his way through the verdant freshness of agesOG
4ight (alks
G>ouselessness would walk and walk and walk, seeing nothing but the interminable
tangle of streets.G
3olds(orth" %o(es $icinson HR':7DR1S7I
RedD+loods and Mollycoddles
GThe whole structure of civilisation rests on foundations laid by MollycoddlesN but all the
building is done by RedDbloods.G
!saac $D!sraeli HR.::DR'T'I
Review of the Memoirs o. +ercival ,tocdale
G(hile he is forgotten faster than he writes, he still dreams of 3immortality.3G
/rederic $ouglass HR'R'DR'1,I
A lorious Resurrection
GMy longDcrushed spirit rose.G
W.-.#. $u #ois HR':'DR1:SI
@f Mr. +ooker T. (ashington and @thers
GMr. (ashington represents in 4egro thought the old attitude of ad6ustment and
submission.G
@f the 9assing of the FirstD+orn
G>e knew no colorDline, poor dearDDand the 8eil, though it shadowed him, had not yet
darkened half his sun.G
John -arle HR:=RDR::,I
Three -haracters! A 5oung Man, a Tedious Man, and a ood @ld Man
G>e is a ship without pilot or tackling, and only good fortune may steer him.G
0a7 -astman HR''SDR1:1I
(hat Is 9atriotism and (hat /hall (e )o (ith ItP
G4ot only does everybody like to fight, but everybody has an irresistible tendency to
identify himself with a group.G
0aria -dge(orth HR.:'DR'T1I
-aroline3s 2etters on Marriage and /eparation
GTake every precaution before you decide for life, because disappointment and restraint
afterwards would be insupportable to your temper.G
An <ssay on the 4oble /cience of /elfD0ustification
G5ou will readily accede to my first and fundamental a&iomDDthat a lady can do no
wrong.G
3eorge -liot HR'R1DR''=I
Margaret Fuller and Mary (ollstonecraft
GMen pay a heavy price for their reluctance to encourage self help and independent
resources in women.G
/toryDTelling
G(hat is the best way of telling a storyPG
Ralph Waldo -merson HR'=SDR''SI
ifts
GThe only gift is a portion of thyself.G
/elfDReliance
G(hoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.G
-d(ard -verett HR.1TDR':,I
/haking >ands
GI beg leave to offer a few remarks on the origin of the practice, and the various forms in
which it is e&ercised.G
William /aulner HR'1.DR1:7I
4obel 9riFe Acceptance /peech
GI believe that man will not merely endure! he will prevail.G
,(en /elltham HR:=7DR::'I
@f Travel
G/ome men, by travel, change in nothing! and some again, change too much.G
9enr" /ielding HR.=.DR.,TI
@n Reading for Amusement
G+ut as for the bulk of mankind, they are clearly void of any degree of taste.G
/. Scott /it;gerald HR'1:DR1T=I
(hat I Think and Feel at 7,
GThe main thing is to be your own kind of a darn fool.G
-.0. /orster HR'.1DR1.=I
My (ood
G9ray, does my wood belong to me or doesn3t itPG
#en.amin /ranlin HR.=:DR.1=I
Advice on the -hoice of a Mistress
GIn all your amours you should prefer old women to young ones.G
The Art of 9rocuring 9leasant )reams
GMankind . . . eat about twice as much as nature re#uires.G
An <conomical 9ro6ect
G<very morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church be set ringing.G
Imitating the /tyle of the ,/ectator
GI took some of the tales and turned them into verse.G
The Temple of 2earning
GA great many . . . were little better than )unces and +lockheads. AlasO AlasOG
Thoughts on the /ub6ect of <arly Marriages
GIndeed, from the marriages that have fallen under my observation, I am rather inclined
to think that early ones stand the best chance of happiness.G
The (histle
GAlasOG say I, Ghe has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.G
Beliefs are all about our outlook towards life. According to our perceptions and experiences, in
many things we believe a lot while in others we don't. Our beliefs can be considered as an
indicator of the level of optimism we have, and our ways to handle the things and situations n
hand. Believing is to have faith and hope for the best to happen.
!hus, believing always gives us a path to move on. But, even then one cannot be sure until
!"#$! plays its part. !rust can be considered as a next level of believing. !rust starts its life when
Beliefs grow to fullest.
But there might be situations when belief and trust play completely di%erent roles. &or example'
one may believe in the existence of (od but one cannot blindly )ump o% a cli% with a trust on
(od who would come to save him.
*uite funny but the above example clearly di%erentiates between the two terms.
!hus, would say that belief and trust both re+ect your faith and hope but trust is what takes its
own time to blossom, but once shattered, it is really di,cult to be regained.

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