Compulsions Quotes

Everyone has inside them a piece of good news.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

Along what dimension might this person be a superstar?

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future.

Keep your eyes on the customer,

not the competitor.

The government is us;

we are the government,

you and I.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is

the only guardian of true liberty.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth.

It makes all things alive and significant.

Your body is not a temple,

it’s an amusement park.

Enjoy the ride.

You have to fight for your place in history.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

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.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment

in application to the duties of life.

Seize the moment.

Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’

who waved off the dessert cart.

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple,

and may, as a rule,

be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

Vulnerability in my songs is what connects people to the music.

Build a better mousetrap

and the world will beat a path to your door.

When you have a dream,

you've got to grab it

and never let go.