Archived Quotes

Children are all foreigners.

Heaven cannot brook two suns,

nor earth two masters.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

A man should look for what is,

and not for what he thinks should be.

I call not for aid from the state,

but for justice.

Wealth is like seawater;

the more we drink,

the thirstier we become.

When you're the most successful person in your family,

in your neighborhood,

and in your town,

everybody thinks you're the First National Bank,

and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science

gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on

our own ‘to do’ list.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as

what you become by achieving your goals

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

When the solution is simple,

God is answering.

Education is the most powerful driver of

economic growth.

Acting is a collaboration between yourself and the world.

A great man is always willing to be little.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Who never doubted,

never half believed.

Where doubt is,

there truth is

it is her shadow.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Small aim is a crime;

have great aim.

Life is 10% what happens to you

and 90% how you react to it

Charles R. Swindoll