Archived Quotes

It’s fine to celebrate success,

but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

A single big winning bet can more than

cover the cost of many losers.

You're lucky to even be here.

It’s my way or the highway.

Happiness is secured through virtue;

it is a good attained by living well.

Don’t ever play yourself.

Ultimately,

Education in its real sense

is the pursuit of truth.

It is an endless journey

through knowledge

and enlightenment.

We were born to die

and we die to live.

As seedlings of God,

we barely blossom on earth;

we fully flower in heaven.

Your margin is my opportunity.

Better than conquering

a thousand men in battle is conquering oneself.

Our great responsibility is to leave a safer,

better world for our children.

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth.

The more you spend it,

the more you gain.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those

who have no capacity for living now.

Life is a difficult game.

You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

When I am playing baseball,

I give it all that I have on the ball field.

When the ball game is over,

I certainly don't take it home.

My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know

the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.

We don't talk about baseball at home.

The most worth

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

George Washington, as a boy,

was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth.

He could not even lie.

I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world,

but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.

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.