Archived Quotes

I have no hostility to nature,

but a child's love to it.

I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

I’m not a big fan of the spotlight.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth

and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

The American people must be the ultimate judge of the public good.

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Character,

not circumstances,

makes the man.

It is not my nature,

when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles

the oppression of tyranny to make

their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens;

but rather would I do all in my power to raise

the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me

than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

I’m just a guy who likes to tell jokes.

You have to be passionate about what you do.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men;

true nobility is being superior to your former self.

For prayer is nothing

else than being on terms

of friendship with God.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right;

a single experiment can prove me wrong.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed

You can never control who you fall in love with even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

Reality is wrong.

Dreams are for real.

You learn from mistakes,

but you don’t repeat them.

Don’t be afraid.

Be focused.

Be determined.

Be hopeful.

Be empowered.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education

and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry

shall become much more general than at present,

and should be gratified to have it in my power

to contribute something to the advancement of

any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate

the happy period.