Compulsions Quotes

You cannot do a kindness too soon,

for you never know how soon it will be too late.

I will say again that I have never,

and would never,

harm a child.

It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes

its reward to the man who loves his work.

But...

I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward,

in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

You’re only given a little spark of madness.

You mustn’t lose it.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Life is complicated.

Politics is complicated.

But sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for,

and not against, the Union.

As I have not felt, so I have not expressed

any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren.

I have constantly declared,

as I really believed, the only difference between

them and us is the difference of circumstances.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do

Experience is the best teacher,

but sometimes it’s a harsh one.

Use only that which works.

Never put off till tomorrow

what you can do the day after tomorrow.

One must wait until the evening to see

how splendid the day has been.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen.

Make it happen. Make your own future.

Make your own hope. Make your own love.

And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator,

not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high,

but by doing what you can to make grace happen...

yourself, right now, right down here on Earth

Bradley Whitford

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Be prepared.

Do your little bit of good where you are;

it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

The love of a mother liberates.

Art is the way I process the world around me.

Friendship may,

and often does,

grow into love,

but love never

subsides into

friendship.