Chartacter Quotes

My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana,

in my eighth year... It was a wild region,

with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.

There I grew up... Of course when I came of age,

I did not know much.

Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher...

but that was all.

I’ve always been fascinated by history.

If the great American people will only keep their temper,

on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end,

and the question which now distracts the country

will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of

like character which have originated in this government

have been adjusted.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Prophesy is a good line of business,

but it is full of risks.

She was not quite what you would call refined.

She was not quite what you would call unrefined.

She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.

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The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us,

but those who win battles we know nothing about.

Keep your nose out the sky,

keep your heart to god,

and keep your face to

the raising sun.

There are other measures of self

respect for a man,

than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Keep your eyes on the customer,

not the competitor.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself.

Successful investing takes time,

discipline,

and patience.

I very rarely think in words at all.

A thought comes,

and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Love all,

trust a few,

do wrong to none.

We will be remembered only if we give to

our younger generation a prosperous and safe India,

resulting out of economic prosperity coupled

with civilizational heritage.

Concentration is my motto — first honesty,

then industry,

then concentration.