Archived Quotes

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I believe in being an innovator,

not an imitator.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Our faith comes in moments;

our vice is habitual.

Before you start some work,

always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it,

What the results might be,

and Will I be successful.

Only when you think deeply and

find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Connection is why we’re here;

it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

Arbitrary power is most easily established

on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

Poetry comes from the

highest happiness

or

the deepest sorrow.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling

ourselves up by our bootstraps.

I told my wife the truth.

I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist.

Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist,

two plumbers, and a bartender.

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results.

More seats were allocated for blacks,

but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites.

At least I had made my men realize

that something could be accomplished by speaking out,

and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

My philosophy is: not only do we have a right to be ourselves,

we have an obligation to be ourselves.

Government is instituted for the protection,

security,

and happiness of the people.

Success is a lousy teacher.

It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

Train,

say your prayers,

and eat your vitamins.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

If I were two faced,

would I be wearing this one?

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person.

You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well

Difficult takes a day,

impossible takes a week.

Time is an illusion.

Lunchtime doubly so.