Archived Quotes

All these primary impulses,

not easily described in words,

are the springs of man's actions.

Don’t Panic.

I don't think of all the misery,

but of the beauty that still remains.

Use only that which works.

The advance of technology is based on

making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it.

A man's growth is seen in

the successive choirs of his friends.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate;

and while the debate goes on,

the canal does also.

The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning,

but to teach life.

Nobody cares how much you know,

until they know how much you care.

If it is certain that whatever

we give will come back to us,

then why not give only blessings

Love seems the swiftest,

but it is the slowest of all growths.

We can’t help everyone,

but everyone can help someone.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes

its reward to the man who loves his work.

But...

I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward,

in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Mail your packages early

so the post office can

lose them in time

for Christmas.

Don't give up.

Don't lose hope.

Don't sell out.

Curious things,

habits.

People themselves never knew they had them.

Confidence comes from preparation.

The challenge of life I have found,

is to build a resume that doesn't simply,

tell a story about what you want to be,

but it's a story about who you want to be.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted;

it belongs to the brave.

Vulnerability in my songs is what connects people to the music.