Compulsions Quotes

Begin to be now what you will be

hereafter

Style is about expressing yourself without having to speak.

There is only one corner of the universe

you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self

The biggest thing in life is to have the heart of a champion.

What gets measured gets managed.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days

three such days with you I could fill with more delight

than fifty common years could ever contain.

On Thanksgiving

I will stop to give thanks

that my family is

safe and healthy, especially

because I realize that,

following the tragedies

of this year, it is all too

real a possibility that they

might not have been.

Every note carries a story that words cannot tell.

The problem with writing a book in verse is,

to be successful,

it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon.

It has to sound easy.

When you can do it,

it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on.

You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

I love the smell of rain

and I love the sound of

the ocean waves.

Without leaps of imagination,

or dreaming,

we lose the excitement of possibilities.

Dreaming,

after all,

is a form of planning.

Live your life with love,

courage,

and integrity.

Government of the people,

by the people,

for the people,

shall not perish from the Earth.

Life is not just about existing;

it’s about living fully.

People don’t care how much you know

until they know how much you care.

In my opinion,

baseball is as big a business as anything there is.

It has to be a business,

the way it is conducted.

Nobody made a greater mistake than

he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

I’ve always been a bit of a loner.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.