Chartacter Quotes

Experience is the best teacher,

but sometimes it’s a harsh one.

Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.

We will make America proud again.

You can't depend on your eyes

when your imagination is out of focus.

I believe that every single event in life

happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

We will make America wealthy again.

It is better to take what does not belong to you

than to let it lie around neglected.

Concentration is my motto — first honesty,

then industry,

then concentration.

We have two ears and one tongue so that

we would listen more and talk less.

To me,

the money is it's certainly a wonderful thing,

But it is in direct proportion to how you're able,

to bless yourself and bless others with it.

Your body is not a temple,

it’s an amusement park.

Enjoy the ride.

It is hard to fail,

but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

We’ve got to do what we think is right,

even if it’s unpopular.

We’re here to put a dent in the universe.

Otherwise why else even be here?

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field,

not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Character, in the long run,

is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

You make 'em,

I amuse 'em.

When you're the most successful person in your family,

in your neighborhood,

and in your town,

everybody thinks you're the First National Bank,

and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.