Friend Quotes

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

I speak to you only as an American

who happens to be an American Negro

and one who is proud of that heritage.

We ask for nothing special.

We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,

and if we are not worthy,

then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

We don't get a chance to do that many things,

and every one should be really excellent.

The best executive is one who has sense

enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self

restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Life is too short to be serious all the time.

The highest reward for a person’s work is not what they get for it,

but what they become by it.

Whatever the cost of our libraries,

the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Begin to be now what you will be

hereafter

The exploration of space will go ahead,

whether we join in it or not.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world

Dead people receive more flowers than

the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

There is nothing on this earth

more to be prized than true friendship.

I want you to act as if the house is on fire,

because it is.

Ideas are more powerful than guns.

If you judge people,

you have no time to love them.

When the world changes against you,

you have to figure out what to do.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind,

but great actions speak to all mankind.

Keep your mind free and your heart open.

A father’s arms are made of tenderness

and children sleep soundly in them.