Alphabet Quotes

Once we accept our limits,

we go beyond them.

This is a competition,

not a recital.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Never bend your head.

Always hold it high.

Look the world straight in the eye.

I wanted to buy a candle holder,

but the store didn’t have one.

So I got a cake.

Some day I shall be President.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

To my mind the old masters are not art;

their value is in their scarcity.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,

but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress;

therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken

until after they shall have deliberated

upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist.

They are wrong: it is character.

I like nonsense;

it wakes up the brain cells.

My great concern is not whether you have failed,

but whether you are content with your failure.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Those who cannot work

with their hearts

achieve but a hollow,

half

hearted success that

breeds bitterness all around.

You alone are enough.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children

that makes the heart too big for the body.

He is now rising from affluence to poverty.