Chartacter Quotes

Beauty remains,

even in misfortune.

When you forgive somebody,

it doesn't necessarily mean you,

want to invite them to your table.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes

liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

Destroy this spirit and you have planted

the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself.

Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice

I feel I am lucky I am grateful for this life that God has given me. I am happy, as I am getting to do work that I want to do and enjoy doing it.

Confidence comes from embracing who you are,

flaws and all.

Silence the angry man with love.

Silence the ill natured man with kindness.

I had practiced with the team,

and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri.

They made it quite clear to the Army that

they would not play a team with a black player on it.

Instead of telling me the truth,

the Army gave me leave to go home.

I have always found that plans are useless,

but planning is indispensable.

Everyone has in them a piece of good news.

The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!

I was close to getting married a long time ago. But it didn't happen, and since then it has not been happening. It is jinxed, and I am very happy. I hope this jinx continues

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative

the day after the revolution.

You find your voice when you’re willing to take risks.

The future belongs to those

who give the next generation reason for hope.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems,

in my opinion,

to characterize our age.

In the end,

we create ourselves.

Racism is still with us.

But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet,

and,

hopefully,

we shall overcome.

I talked and talked of everything

I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition

that morality can be maintained without religion.

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that

national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

If I had been white with the things I did,

they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.