Compulsions Quotes

Who hears me,

who understands me,

becomes mine,

a possession for all time.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union,

and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave,

I would do it;

and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone,

I would also do that.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation

whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,

and you allow him to do so whenever

he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose

and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is not the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;

it’s the pebble in your shoe.

Men are what their mothers made them.

I’ve always been a bit of a rebel.

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun

There is no short cut to achievement.

Life requires thorough preparation

veneer isn't worth anything.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

The only man who never makes a mistake

is the man who never does anything.

No president who performs his duties faithfully

and conscientiously can have any leisure.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define;

Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

In coming days,

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

directing,

comforting influence of the Holy Ghost.

You must take the compromise to win,

or else nothing.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority.

Never had.

I'm as good as anybody,

but no better.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life

family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

As a company grows,

everything needs to scale,

including the size of your failed experiments.

Efficiency is doing things right;

effectiveness is doing the right things.