Friend Quotes

You are who you are at this moment because of,

everything that's ever happened to you,

everything that you carried forward for yourself.

Standing as I do,

with my hand upon this staff,

and under the folds of the American flag,

I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

Genius is one percent inspiration

and ninety nine percent perspiration.

We love life,

but life does not love us.

Don't part with your illusions.

When they are gone,

you may still exist,

but you have ceased to live.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow.

Life is a crazy ride,

and nothing is guaranteed.

One moment can change a day,

one day can change a life,

and one life can change the world.

The secret of life,

though,

is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

I spent a lot of money on booze,

birds, and fast cars.

The rest I just squandered.

Count your age by friends,

not years.

Count your life by smiles,

not tears.

How lucky Adam was.

He knew when he said a good thing,

nobody had said it before.

Rebellion in fashion is freedom in thought.

No one saves us but ourselves.

No one can and no one may.

As an example to others,

and not that I care for moderation myself,

it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep,

and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

Discipline is the soul of an army.

It makes small numbers formidable;

procures success to the weak,

and esteem to all.

What gets measured gets managed.

I cannot possibly believe that

I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry,

inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed,

denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

I think if we go back and check our record,

the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than

patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin,

it's something that I cannot help,

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