Archived Quotes

That's the gift that a mother can give,

to make everyone feel like they are the special one.

What separates the winners from the losers is

how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

If a man can...

make a better mousetrap,

the world will make a beaten,

path to his door.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Be unapologetically yourself.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union,

and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave,

I would do it;

and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone,

I would also do that.

Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature

opposition to it is his love of justice.

These principles are an eternal antagonism;

and when brought into collision so fiercely,

as slavery extension brings them,

shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection,

not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

We especially need imagination in science.

It is not all mathematics,

nor all logic,

but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy:

am I or are the others crazy?

Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.

We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference,

accepting the false pattern set up by

the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws.

Together,

we will make America great again.

The general idea of the rich helping

the poor is important.

We are going to fight racism and economic exploitation

at the same time.

I choose to live without

hope to protect myself

from disappointment.

It's very effective!

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

I love her and that’s the beginning

and end of everything

Everything has its limit

iron ore cannot be educated into gold.