Chartacter Quotes

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.

Happiness is not something ready made.

It comes from your own actions.

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private virtue.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car;

but if he has a university education,

he may steal the whole railroad.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children

and grandchildren is not money or other

material things accumulated in one’s life,

but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Stay true to yourself,

no matter what the cost.

Never give up,

even when the world doubts you.

It were not best that we should all think alike;

it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

I’m always looking for something new and exciting.

The people know their rights,

and they are never slow to assert

and maintain them when they are invaded.

The mind,

once stretched by a new idea,

never returns to its original dimensions.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy

and I said I want a second opinion.

He said okay, you're ugly too.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours

is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

What you are comes to you.

Hatred does not cease by hatred,

but only by love;

this is the eternal rule.

Leave it as it is.

The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

The best satire is rooted in truth.

Success doesn’t come from luck;

it comes from hard work and staying true to yourself.