Archived Quotes

I am not a product of my circumstances.

I am a product of my decisions.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Good breeding consists in concealing

how much we think of ourselves and

how little we think of the other person.

The man who does not read good books

has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

If the people remember

me as a good teacher,

that will be the

biggest honour for me.

March on. Do not tarry.

To go forward is to move toward perfection.

March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path

They don’t want you to win.

They don’t want you to be successful.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

The future belongs to those who are prepared for it.

Failures, repeated failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success

Friendship,

like the immortality of the soul,

is too good to be believed.

Only I can change my life.

No one can do it for me

Carol Burnett

How accurately can the law fix the crime?

There has to be a mechanism for very fast action.

The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you,

whose presence calls forth your best

It is better to create than to learn!

Creating is the essence of life.

The martyr cannot be dishonored.

Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame;

every prison a more illustrious abode.

All generalizations are false,

including this one.

All these primary impulses,

not easily described in words,

are the springs of man's actions.

Foreknowledge is a tool;

wisdom is knowing how to use it.