Chartacter Quotes

The leading rule for the lawyer,

as for the man of every calling,

is diligence.

Well done is

better than

well said

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Children must be taught how to think,

not what to think.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.

The leader leads,

and the boss drives.

There are three rules for writing:

1) Avoid clichés,

2) Avoid clichés,

3) Avoid clichés.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana

is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl;

we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg

than by smashing it.

I am not concerned with popularity.

I am concerned with doing what is right.

Experience is not what happens to you;

it’s what you do with what happens to you.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man,

with an ability to grasp the infinite,

to exist only for a day!

No,

no,

man was made for immortality.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible the fear of failure.

Innovation distinguishes between

a leader and a follower.

I want my art to reflect truth.

The more a thing tends to be permanent,

the more it tends to be lifeless.

The common question that gets asked in business is,

Why?

That’s a good question,

but an equally valid question is,

Why not?

Don’t become a philosopher before you become rich.

I walk on untrodden ground.

There is scarcely any part of my conduct,

which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,

but because he loves what is behind him.