Alphabet Quotes

What is a weed?

A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Heroism on command, senseless violence,

and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism

how passionately I hate them!

To be prepared for war is

one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

To become 'unique,'

the challenge is to fight

the hardest battle

which anyone can imagine

until you reach your destination.

Between stimulus and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

If Singapore is a nanny state,

then I am proud to have fostered one.

Everything should be made as simple as possible,

but not simpler.

It’s not about the trophy;

it’s about the training.

My mother was my first country,

the first place I ever lived.

You're either humble or you're not.

If you were a jerk before the fame,

you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight.

Whoever you are really comes through.

Where there is

righteousness in the heart,

there is harmony in the house;

when there is

harmony in the house,

there is order in the nation;

when there is

order in the nation,

there is peace in the world.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

They do not love that do not show their love.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I have been complimented many times

and they always embarrass me;

I always feel that they have not said enough.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

Never retreat.

Never explain.

Get it done

and

let them howl

Benjamin Jowett

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by

all and thought to include all; but now,

to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal,

it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till,

if its framers could rise from their graves,

they could not at all recognize it.