Chartacter Quotes

The mother art is architecture.

Without an architecture of our own

we have no soul of our own civilization.

Why do you all push us around?

Live out of your imagination,

not your history.

In coming days,

it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding,

directing,

comforting influence of the Holy Ghost.

Truth is beautiful,

without doubt;

but so are lies.

Being busy does not always mean real work.

The object of all work is production or accomplishment

and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system,

planning, intelligence, and honest purpose,

as well as perspiration.

Seeming to do is not doing.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us

Successful people do

What unsuccessful people

Are not willing to do.

Don't wish it were easier;

Wish you were better.

The value of a man resides in his ideas,

not in his possessions.

Dreams are free.

Goals have a cost.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than

the chances I didn’t take at all.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door

directly to what should be.

Every actual State is corrupt.

Good men must not obey laws too well.

You can’t put a limit on anything.

The more you dream,

the farther you get.

Gratitude can transform

common days into

thanksgivings,

turn routine jobs into joy,

and change ordinary

opportunities into blessings.

Silence the angry man with love.

Silence the ill natured man with kindness.

Suppose you were an idiot,

and suppose you were a member of Congress;

but I repeat myself.

When the white man governs himself,

that is self government;

but when he governs himself and also governs another man,

that is more than self

government

that is despotism.

I’m not concerned with awards.

I’m concerned with respect.