Chartacter Quotes

Standing as I do,

with my hand upon this staff,

and under the folds of the American flag,

I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

The world is a book,

and those who do not travel read only one page.

I've always been attracted to

the more revolutionary changes.

Aim for the moon.

If you miss, you may hit a star

W. Clement Stone

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

Perfection is not attainable,

but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

I’m a man who likes to work.

I work for work’s sake.

I had a very, very interesting childhood,

but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice,

you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Important principles may,

and must,

be inflexible.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

I learned to read at age three,

and soon discovered there was a whole world,

to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Culture and family matter as much as economics.

I used to do drugs.

I still do drugs.

But I used to,

too.

We are a puny and fickle folk.

Avarice,

hesitation,

and following are our diseases.

The mind is like an iceberg,

it floats with one

seventh of its bulk above water.

You must have a long

term view to build a successful nation.

I was losing interest in politics,

when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.

What I have done since then is pretty well known.

Save your tears for the pillow.

The charm of fishing is that

it is the pursuit of what is

elusive but attainable

a perpetual series of

occasions for hope.