Flute Quotes

Life’s too short to hang out with people

who aren’t resourceful.

If you want to be the best,

you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.

We hold these truths to be self

evident,

that all men are created equal...

— The Declaration of Independence (1776)

Don’t just teach your children to read…

teach them to question what they read.

The things I want to know are in books;

my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

You may think it was a very little thing,

and in these days it seems to me like a trifle,

but it was a most important incident in my life.

I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy,

had earned a dollar in less than a day;

that by honest work, I had earned a dollar.

I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I don't care if you're tired.

I'm tired too.

He who molds the public sentiment...

makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

I will fight for transparency in government.

Every actual State is corrupt.

Good men must not obey laws too well.

The grass is not always greener on the other side.

It’s greener where you water it.

Be happy with being you.

Love your flaws.

Own your quirks.

And know that you are

just as perfect

as anyone else,

exactly as you are.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

I am not a liberator.

Liberators do not exist.

The people liberate themselves.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

I am not a consecutive writer.

Music is the way I communicate with the world.

I’m not interested in what everyone else is doing.

John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space,

his courage,

and his service to all Americans.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.