Alphabet Quotes

F Alphabet and Letter in Red

I am proud of the fact

that I never invented weapons to kill.

Knowing is not enough,

we must apply.

Willing is not enough,

we must do.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

I can't want it more than you do.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth

and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity

before it is entitled to the appellation.

Without economic progress,

social progress is not possible.

I find television very educating.

Every time somebody turns on the set,

I go into the other room and read a book.

Nothing is so painful to the human mind

as a great and sudden change.

Before we acquire great power

we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

We must accept finite

disappointment, but never

lose infinite hope.

I hate quotations.

Tell me what you know.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every experiment,

by multitudes or by individuals,

that has a sensual and selfish aim,

will fail.

A great man is always willing to be little.

I will honor Christmas

in my heart, and

try to keep it

all the year.

Life is tough,

but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.

'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas,

if not a dead lion for this work,

is at least a caged and toothless one.

How can he oppose the advances of slavery?

He don't care anything about it.

Focus on what you can control,

and let go of what you can’t.

Don’t be afraid to go a little different and create your own world.