Hangout Quotes

Associate yourself with men of good quality

if you esteem your own reputation;

for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

The thing I hate most is when people say

‘You’re so lucky.’ Luck has nothing to do with it.

Friendship is the source

of the greatest pleasures,

and without friends even

the most agreeable pursuits

become tedious.

There are no solutions;

there are only trade offs.

All within the state,

nothing outside the state,

nothing against the state.

Everything we hear is an opinion,

not a fact.

Everything we see is a perspective,

not the truth.

Be proud of who you are,

and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.

Self education is,

I firmly believe,

the only kind of education there is.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Success is dependent on effort.

We can’t help everyone,

but everyone can help someone.

Vision is not enough;

you must act upon it.

Sometimes when you innovate,

you make mistakes.

It is best to admit them quickly,

and get on with improving your other innovations.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

I wanted to buy a candle holder,

but the store didn’t have one.

So I got a cake.

A samurai should always be prepared for death whether his own or someone else's.

I start early and I stay late,

day after day,

year after year.

The boy who is going to make a great man

must not make up his mind merely to overcome

a thousand obstacles,

but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Politics is for the present,

but an equation is for eternity.