Friend Quotes

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm,

even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

Great spirits have always

encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Be as you wish to seem.

Failure will never overtake me

if my determination to succeed is strong enough

Og Mandino

Everything was so new

the whole idea of going into space was new and daring.

There were no textbooks,

so we had to write them.

Blessed are the meek,

for they shall inherit the earth.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Focus on the process,

not the outcome.

Excellence comes from repetition.

I’ve always wanted to own and control the

primary technology in everything we do.

Don’t take life too seriously;

nobody makes it out alive anyway.

Investing is laying out money

now to get more money back in the future.

I can be changed by what happens to me,

but I refuse to be reduced by it.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing.

I admire him.

I pity the creature who does not work,

at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Acting is about truth,

honesty,

and connecting with people.

Biographies,

as generally written,

are not only misleading but false...

In most instances,

they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

If you want to achieve

greatness stop asking

for permission.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket

book not only suffers by it,

but your preparations are lost

and a season passes away unimproved.

Few of us can stand prosperity.

Another man's, I mean.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin,

but, of course,

society demands something more than this.