Archived Quotes

Courage is resistance to fear,

mastery of fear,

not absence of fear.

Reality is wrong.

Dreams are for real.

Happiness is not something ready made.

It comes from your own actions.

Fear defeats more people than

any other one thing in the world.

My humanity is bound up in yours,

for we can only be human together.

I learned a great many years ago

that in a fight between husband and wife,

a third party should never get between

the woman's skillet and the man's ax helve.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless,

unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;

but often we look so long at the closed door

that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh,

how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.

We should not be satisfied with success

if it leaves us blind to the possibilities beyond.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others.

It is the only thing.

To live is the rarest thing in the world.

Most people exist,

that is all.

When you reach the end of your rope,

tie a knot in it and hang on

I was excited at something new,

always liked something new,

but give credit to everybody who helped.

I didn't do anything alone but,

try to go to the root of the question and succeeded there.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very';

your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Man needs his difficulties

because they are necessary

to enjoy success.

Few are those who see with their own eyes

and feel with their own hearts.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that

a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.