valentine's week Quotes

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind;

it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Gold is good in its place;

but loving,

brave,

patriotic men are better than gold.

I spent my whole life learning how to live,

and I still don’t know.

You have to run your own race,

at your own pace.

I drink too much.

The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.

A creative man is

motivated by the

desire to achieve,

not by the desire

to beat others.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;

you can live as if everything is a miracle.

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

Dreams are worth pursuing,

even when the odds are against you.

Be curious,

not judgmental.

We especially need imagination in science.

It is not all mathematics,

nor all logic,

but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person,

can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour.

Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

My friends,

as I have discovered myself,

there are no disasters,

only opportunities.

The future is not a gift,

it is an achievement.

I had a very, very interesting childhood,

but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.

The happiness of your life depends upon

the quality of your thoughts.