Chartacter Quotes

Find a place

Inside where there's joy,

And the joy will

Burn out the pain.

It is my desire,

in the office of a Christian minister,

to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart.

Having said this,

I have said all.

The only obligation we have is to do what we love.

Whatever has happened to you in your past,

has no power over this present moment,

because life is now.

I used to be a baker,

but I couldn’t make enough dough.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,

we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

I am grateful for

what I am and have.

My thanksgiving is perpetual

If you double the number of experiments you do per year

you’re going to double your inventiveness.

Take me to the Brig.

I want to see my Marines.

Culture and family matter as much as economics.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,

but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Nothing stinks like the denial of your own feelings.

Vulnerability is strength,

not weakness.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority.

Never had.

I'm as good as anybody,

but no better.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley.

He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand,

good can come out of it.

The old Dodgers were something special,

but of my teammates overall,

there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.

Life is like a sewer…

what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment,

a household of children,

if things go reasonably well,

certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.