Chartacter Quotes

You don’t write because you want to say something,

you write because you have something to say.

By what principle of original right is it that one

fiftieth or one

ninetieth of a great nation,

by calling themselves a State,

have the right to break up and ruin that nation

as a matter of original principle?

A vote is like a rifle;

its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Stay true to who you are,

and the right people will follow.

Today,

India is a nuclear weapons state.

Prayer doesn't just change

things

it changes us.

If we are diligent in

seeking God, slowly and

surely we become

better people.

All the armies of Europe,

Asia and Africa combined,

with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted)

in their military chest;

with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force,

take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge,

in a trial of a thousand years.

Let us raise a standard to

which the wise and honest can repair;

the rest is in the hands of God.

There is progress

whether ye are going forward or backward!

The thing is to move!

Edgar Cayce

The highest reward for a person’s work is not what they get for it,

but what they become by it.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country

and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

Everything has its limit

iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

Buy into a company because you want to own it,

not because you want the stock to go up.

If there is not the war,

you don't get the great general;

if there is not a great occasion,

you don't get a great statesman;

if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace,

no one would have known his name.

Why can't you share your bed?

The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.

It's very charming.

It's very sweet.

It's what the whole world should do.

Women should be respected as well!

Generally speaking,

men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world,

so why shouldn't women have their share?

Wide diversification is only required

when investors do not understand what they are doing.

I walk on untrodden ground.

There is scarcely any part of my conduct,

which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

I was born for a storm,

and a calm does not suit me.