Heights Quotes

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

I have been complimented many times

and they always embarrass me;

I always feel that they have not said enough.

I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

If we are not free,

no one will respect us.

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

If I were two faced,

would I be wearing this one?

What I don't like about

office Christmas parties

is looking for a job

the next day.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

I get no respect.

The way my luck is running,

if I was a politician I would be honest.

Thanksgiving just gets me

all warm and tingly and

all kinds of wonderful inside.

Before you start some work,

always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it,

What the results might be,

and Will I be successful.

Only when you think deeply and

find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Laughter is timeless,

imagination has no age,

dreams are forever.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth

and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Friendship is always

a sweet responsibility,

never an opportunity.

Economy forced me to become a vegetarian,

but I finally starting liking it.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path,

walk alone.

Study nature,

Love nature,

Stay close to nature.

It will never fail you.

Day 2 is stasis.

Followed by irrelevance.

Followed by excruciating,

painful decline.

Followed by death.

And that is why it is always Day 1.

Only as far as the masters of the world

have called in nature to their aid,

can they reach the height of magnificence.

This is the meaning of their hanging

gardens, villas, houses, islands, parks, and preserves.

Success is a science

if you have the conditions,

you get the result.