Hangout Quotes

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present

No change of circumstances

can repair a defect of character.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

Two roads diverged in a wood,

and I—I took the one less traveled by,

and that has made all the difference.

A leader is one who knows the way,

goes the way,

and shows the way.

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist.

Investing is not a game where

the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.

I am blessed with a funny gene that makes me enjoy life.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

The man who does not read good books

has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

As long as this exists,

this sunshine and this cloudless sky,

and as long as I can enjoy it,

how can I be sad?

We are part of this universe;

we are in this universe,

but perhaps more important than both of those facts,

is that the universe is in us.

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.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

Real living is living for others.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life,

and urge doing.

I am content with knowing,

if only I could know.

The civilized man has built a coach,

but has lost the use of his feet.

I have a very strong work ethic.

Our lives are shaped by the choices

we make and the opportunities we take.