Alphabet Quotes

No people is wholly civilized

where a distinction is drawn between

stealing an office and stealing a purse.

Truth is mighty and will prevail.

There is nothing wrong with this,

except that it ain't so.

Technological progress is like an axe

in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting;

but never hit soft.

The most important single thing is

to focus obsessively on the customer.

I would rather die than

do something which I know

to be a sin, or to be

against God's will.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation

will be the philosophy of government in the next.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Where there is righteousness in the heart,

there is beauty in the character.

When there is beauty in the character,

there is harmony in the home.

When there is harmony in the home,

there is order in the nation.

When there is order in the nation,

there is peace in the world.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal;

it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Waste is worse than loss.

The time is coming,

when every person who lays claim to ability,

will keep the question of waste before him constantly,

The scope of thrift is limitless.

People don’t care about what you say,

they care about what you build.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is

the only guardian of true liberty.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim

is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

My parents were both born in Virginia,

of undistinguished families

second families,

perhaps I should say.

Count your age by friends,

not years.

Count your life by smiles,

not tears.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time

that is given to us.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters

cannot be trusted with important matters.

Life is about embracing the highs and lows with honesty.