Death Quotes

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;

the point is to discover them.

Everything has its limit

iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place,

then stand firm.

What a dog I got,

his favorite bone is in my arm.

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by

all and thought to include all; but now,

to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal,

it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till,

if its framers could rise from their graves,

they could not at all recognize it.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which,

before their union,

were not perceived to have any relation.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education

and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry

shall become much more general than at present,

and should be gratified to have it in my power

to contribute something to the advancement of

any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate

the happy period.

Let us be silent,

that we may hear,.

the whispers of the gods

Comedy is the art of making people laugh while making them think.

It was the best of times,

it was the worst of times.

He who is not everyday conquering

some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment

in application to the duties of life.

What is a farm but a mute gospel?

Character,

not circumstances,

makes the man.

When I do good I feel good,

when I do bad I feel bad,

and that's my religion.

As we look ahead into the next century,

leaders will be those who empower others.

Our success has really been based on partnerships

from the very beginning.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim

their fugitives I have constantly admitted.

The legal right of Congress to interfere with

their institution in the states,

I have constantly denied.

Friendship is not something

you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned

the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't

learned anything.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.