Archived Quotes

I can shake off everything as I write;

my sorrows disappear,

my courage is reborn.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Well,

you don't get to do things that other children get to do,

having friends and slumber parties and buddies.

There were none of that for me.

I didn't have friends when I was little.

My brothers were my friends.

We are called to be witnesses to the divine presence in the world.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers

you cannot be successful or happy

Norman Vincent Peale

No bird soars too high

if he soars with his own wings

When I hear a man preach,

I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

I don’t believe in regrets,

I believe in experiences.

Change doesn’t happen from the top down;

it happens from the bottom up.

All the world’s a stage,

and all the men and women merely players.

Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent

upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil

and in the proportionable amount of the same

which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.

When we quarrel,

how we wish we had been blameless.

You never know how strong you are

until being strong is your only choice.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness,

and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Integrity is telling myself the truth,

and honesty is telling the truth to other people.

It is better to be feared than loved,

if you cannot be both.

I’m a firm believer in the power of the individual.

If you light a lamp for someone else,

it will also brighten your path.

I find my greatest pleasure,

and so my reward,

in the work that precedes what the world calls success.