Compulsions Quotes

Cowards die many times before their deaths;

the valiant never taste of death but once.

I don't understand why the press is so interested

in speculating about my appearance,

anyway.

What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Do what you can,

with what you have,

where you are.

Success isn’t about how much money you make,

it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,

but only empties today of its strength.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door

directly to what should be.

You can make something of your life.

It just depends on your drive.

Courage is resistance to fear,

mastery of fear,

not absence of fear.

The greatest gift of life is friendship and I have received it

For me,

I am driven by two main philosophies:

know more today about the world than I knew yesterday,

and lessen the suffering of others.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

In a democracy,

the people get the government they deserve.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life,

and urge doing.

I am content with knowing,

if only I could know.

To give victory to the right,

not bloody bullets,

but peaceful ballots only,

are necessary.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be.

Be one.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.

If ever time should come,

when vain and aspiring men shall possess

the highest seats in government,

our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots.

Each life is made up of

mistakes and learning

waiting and growing

practicing patience and

being persistent.

We especially need imagination in the pursuit of knowledge.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day,

if I did not laugh I should die.