Heights Quotes

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for,

and not against, the Union.

As I have not felt, so I have not expressed

any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren.

I have constantly declared,

as I really believed, the only difference between

them and us is the difference of circumstances.

Happiness is secured through virtue;

it is a good attained by living well.

Life’s a game,

but it’s not fair.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,

compassionate with the aged,

sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.

Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

People don’t care how much you know

until they know how much you care.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

The method of nature

who could ever analyze it?

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being

and increases his or her self respect.

If only the real sense of education could be realized by

each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity,

the world will be so much a better place to live in.

It has been my experience that folks

who have no vices have very few virtues.

Those who cannot work

with their hearts

achieve but a hollow,

half

hearted success that

breeds bitterness all around.

Simplicity and clarity lead to good design.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied

by lip service to an ideal.

The purpose of education is

to make good human beings

with skill and expertise...

Enlightened human beings

can be created by teachers.

The human body has two ends on it:

one to create with and one to sit on.

Sometimes people get their ends reversed.

When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Thunder is good,

thunder is impressive;

but it is lightning that does the work.

No such thing as a life that’s better than yours.

I used to be a baker,

but I couldn’t make enough dough.

Success is not final,

failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Every day is a chance to reinvent yourself.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

Don’t wait for good things to happen to you.