Destony Quotes

The man who does not read good books

has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

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.

Expressing emotions is not weakness;

it is strength.

I’ve learned to embrace the weird and the dark

it’s what makes me unique.

Trifles light as air are to the jealous

confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

It is essential that there should be organization of labor.

This is an era of organization.

Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.

We are symbols,

and inhabit symbols.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is

to become so absolutely free that your very existence is

an act of rebellion.

The biggest adventure you can take is

to live the life of your dreams.

There is another old poet whose name

I do not now remember who said,

'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

The harder the conflict,

the more glorious the triumph

It is one of the blessings of old friends,

that you can afford to be stupid with them.

In so far as the government lands can be disposed of,

I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so

that every poor man may have a home.

It kills me to lose.

If I'm a troublemaker,

and I don't think that my temper makes me one,

then it's because I can't stand losing.

That's the way I am about winning,

all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Music heals the pain words can’t touch.

Education must not simply teach work

it must teach life.

To educate a man in mind and

not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Over the years,

I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly;

to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher

in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.