Heights Quotes

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is

the first necessity of progress.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

If you buy things you do not need,

soon you will have to sell things you need.

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

none but ourselves can free our minds.

You can’t cheat the grind;

it knows how much you’ve invested.

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

The future belongs to those

who give the next generation reason for hope.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Whether it be true or not,

I can say, for one, that I have no other

so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow

men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

How far I shall succeed in gratifying

this ambition is yet to be developed.

The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning,

but to teach life.

You've got to be a bit of a pirate in this world.

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for

the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact.

When it is said that the institution exists,

and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way,

I can understand and appreciate the saying.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet;

this is not done by jostling in the street.

A girl phoned me the other day and said...

Come on over, there's nobody home.

I went over.

Nobody was home.

Lord,

make me an instrument of your peace.

If the world comes to an end,

I want to be in Cincinnati.

Everything comes there ten years later.

A good conscience is a

continual Christmas.

Be kind whenever possible.

It is always possible

It’s fine to celebrate success,

but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Small is the number of people

who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions.

It is not putting up a mask.

Each time an actor acts he does not hide;

he exposes himself.