Archived Quotes

The difference between successful people

and really successful people

is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

Deciding what not to do is as important

as deciding what to do.

All the armies of Europe,

Asia and Africa combined,

with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted)

in their military chest;

with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force,

take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge,

in a trial of a thousand years.

Everything we hear is an opinion,

not a fact.

Everything we see is a perspective,

not the truth.

If I’m not happy with myself,

how can I expect others to be happy with me?

To know the true nature of the heavens,

one must first free oneself from the chains of human opinion.

Men are what their mothers made them.

It behooves every man to remember

that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance,

and that, in the end,

progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Somehow,

not only for Christmas,

but all the year,

our hearts were light.

The only constant in life is change.

It was not pre arranged.

It just happened that the driver made a demand

and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand.

I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

The heavens and the earth,

the sun and the moon,

the stars and the planets,

all are in us.

Sometimes when you innovate,

you make mistakes.

It is best to admit them quickly,

and get on with improving your other innovations.

Rebellion in fashion is freedom in thought.

A nation does not become prosperous by chance.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Nearly every man who develops an idea

works it up to the point where it looks impossible,

and then he gets discouraged.

That's not the place to become discouraged.