Chartacter Quotes

Lenience will operate with greater force,

in some instances than rigor.

It is therefore my first wish to have

all of my conduct distinguished by it.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved

and you leave this world knowing the same,

then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

I’m not a fan of the ordinary.

Democracy only works if we respect the voice of the people.

Friendship multiplies

the good of life and

divides the evil.

You only learn who has been swimming naked

when the tide goes out.

Pop flies, in a sense,

are just a diversion for a second baseman.

Grounders are his stock trade.

We especially need imagination in science.

It is not all mathematics,

nor all logic,

but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

Leadership requires courage to make

difficult decisions.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much;

if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Don't come back until you've practiced.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored,

but that’s no reason not to give it.

Give the ones you love wings to fly,

roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

A man is exactly as big as the things that make him angry.

I used to be a baker,

but I couldn’t make enough dough.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls

while they are still rolling.

That’s one small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth

is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves

when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep

into our own natures.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind,

but great actions speak to all mankind.