Heights Quotes

People with great gifts are easy to find,

but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral?

It is because we are not the person involved.

That some achieve great success,

is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

In the Spring,

I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

A true friend is one

who overlooks your failures

and tolerates your success!

For small creatures such as we,

the vastness is bearable only through love.

Be inspired by others,

but never imitate them.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Nationalism is an infantile disease.

It is the measles of mankind.

Love looks not with the eyes,

but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

An idea that is developed and put into action is

more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

The only way to enjoy life is through music.

I like nonsense;

it wakes up the brain cells.

Three things cannot

be long hidden:

the sun,

the moon,

and the truth.

Success doesn't just happen;

it's earned.

I had practiced with the team,

and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri.

They made it quite clear to the Army that

they would not play a team with a black player on it.

Instead of telling me the truth,

the Army gave me leave to go home.

Friendship may,

and often does,

grow into love,

but love never

subsides into

friendship.

Somehow,

not only for Christmas,

but all the year,

our hearts were light.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's not an American in this country

free until every one of us is free.