Archived Quotes

True education is not merely the acquisition of knowledge,

but the development of character.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process All begins.

You are an aperture through

which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Education is the best friend.

An educated person is respected everywhere.

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

If you want to shine like a sun,

first burn like a sun.

Speak your mind,

even if your voice shakes.

I cannot possibly believe that

I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry,

inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed,

denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future.

Success is not a good teacher,

failure makes you humble.

I hate quotations.

Tell me what you know.

I will fight for transparency in government.

Humor must not professedly teach

and it must not professedly preach,

but it must do both if it would live forever.

We have to be the change we wish to see in the world.

Sir,

my concern is not whether God is on our side;

my greatest concern is to be on God's side,

for God is always right.

The American dream is back.

Failure will never overtake me

if my determination to succeed is strong enough

Og Mandino

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

It is not the style of clothes one wears,

neither the kind of automobile one drives,

nor the amount of money one has in the bank,

that counts.

These mean nothing.

It is simply service that measures success.

In a world that’s changing really quickly,

the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.