Archived Quotes

So we beat on,

boats against the current,

borne back ceaselessly into the past.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is

prepared for a master, and deserves one.

I have always been an old

line Henry Clay Whig.

Prophesy is a good line of business,

but it is full of risks.

In all my years of baseball,

I have always expected to be traded.

I never liked the idea.

All that is necessary for the forces of evil to

prevail is for enough good men to remain silent.

I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land.

You,

who have it to see,

welcome it—and forget not those who have fallen during the night.

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage,

than the promotion of science and literature.

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things.

Strive on with diligence.

Those are my principles,

and if you don’t like them…

well, I have others.

A teacher should have a

creative mind.

Never complain

and

Never explain

The most worth

while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Age wrinkles the body.

Quitting wrinkles the soul.

George Washington, as a boy,

was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth.

He could not even lie.

Follow your instincts.

That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Everything around you that you call life

was made up by people that were no smarter than you.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people,

not run their lives.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be

feared than a wild beast.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.