Chartacter Quotes

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

We will make America proud again.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

Part of the secret of a success in life

is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

True education does

more than impart knowledge;

it transforms

a person by fostering

self

worth and dignity

The boy who is going to make a great man

must not make up his mind merely to overcome

a thousand obstacles,

but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Reality is merely an illusion,

albeit a very persistent one.

Good breeding consists in concealing

how much we think of ourselves and

how little we think of the other person.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

I am only one,

but still I am one.

I cannot do everything,

but still I can do something.

Life is messy,

but beauty is found in the struggle.

My dad was a tough guy,

but he was also a very funny guy.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process All begins.

The best minds are not in government.

If any were,

business would hire them away.

Don't make excuses.

Art is never finished,

only abandoned.

We should not look back unless

it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,

and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions,

one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Great hearts steadily send forth

the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

If I have seen further,

it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.