Heights Quotes

I had to spend my life persuading my people

that what I was doing was the right thing.

The distinction between the past,

present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

I hate quotations.

Tell me what you know.

If a fellow isn't thankful

for what he's got,

he isn't likely to be thankful

for what he's going to get

If we could first know where we are,

and whither we are tending,

we could then better judge what to do,

and how to do it.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.

The hard part is doing it.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

The problem of the twentieth century is

the problem of the color line.

I’m a romantic at heart.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Education begins the gentleman,

but reading, good company,

and reflection must finish him.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens,

you can never regain their respect and esteem.

The way I see it,

if you want the rainbow,

you gotta put up with the rain.

In preparing for battle,

I have always found that plans are useless,

but planning is indispensable.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

The process is more important than the outcome.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

Don’t bend;

don’t water it down;

don’t try to make it logical;

don’t edit your own soul.

Good governance is the key to a prosperous nation.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

none but ourselves can free our minds.