Archived Quotes

Education is what remains after one has forgotten

what one has learned in school.

We are what we believe we are.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Belief creates the actual fact.

If the stars should appear but one

night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

You never know how strong you are

until being strong is your only choice.

Good is positive.

Evil is merely privative,

not absolute: it is like cold,

which is the privation of heat.

All evil is so much death or nonentity.

Benevolence is absolute and real.

So much benevolence as a man hath,

so much life hath he.

Buy American and hire American.

Events will unfold as they are destined,

but human action can shape their outcomes.

To be the man,

you’ve got to beat the man!

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth

more than a college education.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

With our thoughts,

we make the world.

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I’m not a fan of the mainstream.

The things I want to know are in books;

my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts Very deeply.

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you.

It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal,

or acts to improve the lot of others,

he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

The heaviness of being successful was

replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.