valentine's week Quotes

Life is not a spectator sport.

If you're going to spend

your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on,

in my opinion you're wasting your life.

Try not to become

A man of success.

Rather become

A man of value.

Don't worry when you are not recognized,

but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I'm tired of being treated like a second

class citizen.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.

I’m a very visual person.

Work hard,

stay humble,

and focus on the process.

Information is not knowledge.

The longer I live,

the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Challenge yourself;

it’s the only path which leads to growth.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man

without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder

if they have ever made a difference in the world,

but the Marines don’t have that problem.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others.

It is the only thing.

As long as this exists,

this sunshine and this cloudless sky,

and as long as I can enjoy it,

how can I be sad?

Keep your sense of wonder no matter your age.

I used to be a baker,

but I couldn’t make enough dough.

Words are only painted fire;

a look is the fire itself.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union,

and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave,

I would do it;

and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone,

I would also do that.

Vulnerability is strength,

not weakness.