Alphabet Quotes

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Remembering that you are going to die is

the best way I know to avoid

the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Vision is not enough;

you must act upon it.

Let us sacrifice our today

so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

As our case is new,

we must think and act anew.

If you don't change your mind frequently,

you're going to be wrong a lot.

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

I learned to read at age three,

and soon discovered there was a whole world,

to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company,

the enemy of the mediocre.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you.

If you run into a wall,

don’t turn around and give up.

Figure out how to climb it,

go through it,

or work around it.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Philosophically considered,

the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul.

Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us,

all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is,

both nature and art,

all other men and my own body,

must be ranked under this name,

Nature.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government,

who assist in bearing its burdens.

Consequently,

I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage,

who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better.

It's not.

So we beat on,

boats against the current,

borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Men's actions are too strong for them.

Show me a man who has acted,

and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

We are symbols,

and inhabit symbols.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life

stimulates the creative mind.

You can observe a lot just by watching.